Shanghai Shenhua v Liverpool

[bigfooty]

Leto on the left, crosses in but cleared.

Insua whips another cross in but nobody really attacking it.

Gerrard wins the ball well, Leto's shot is blocked and comes to Kuyt but he can't do much with it.

Yossi spins away, comes to Babel, he cuts infield and loses the ball too easily.

[bigfooty]

Kuyt working hard for his fan club. Yossi trys to play in Gerrard, comes back to him, he decides to have a shot but no power in it and easy for keeper.

[Red_Al_77]

Babel is too static

[bigfooty]

Kuyt controls on the right wing, looks for support but Babel is wandering infield.

He is not the answer to our lack of quality on the wing, he doesn't really look like he wants to be there.

Leto on the left but his pass to Yossi is cut out.

[Dhav]

I like the sound of the chant the Feyenoord fans are singing. I imagine it's in Dirk's honour?

[Red_Al_77]

Move your ass Babel. Get round and support

[bigfooty]

Gerrard with a quality ball over the top, Yossi cuts it back to Kuyt but his shot is blocked in the box.

Gerrard with a clipped ball into the box, Yossi makes contact but straight at keeper and is judged to be offside. Was onside.

[Dhav]

Babel is too static

Admittedly I've seen very little of him, but I'd hoped he'd have been the player we needed to tear up the wings.

[Red_Al_77]

Admittedly I've seen very little of him, but I'd hoped he'd have been the player we needed to tear up the wings.

He is no touch-line hugger. Haven't seen him once look to go on the outside.

[cobain]

Babel is too static

He's making the same runs all the time. Reminds me of Cisse with his trademark run down the right flank and a cross

[bigfooty]

Late chance for the Chinese but a cross is cut out, comes to the player on the box who slices a shot high and wide.

Kuyt battling on edge of box but the ball is hacked clear. Babel all too easily muscled out of it by the Chinese, we manage to tidy it up though. Their team is tiring.

[bigfooty]

Chinese unlucky to be called offside.

Gerrard with a great ball over the top, Babel gets onto it, Yossi clips a ball in but the Chinese clear.

[Biff]

Just got in...whats the score and how we doing...??

[bigfooty]

Babel with a poor pass intercepted, to his credit he gets back to cut out an attempted break.

Full-time 2-0.

Gerrard looked class, a few other good signs.

Still much work to do though.

[bazza76]

Just got in...whats the score and how we doing...??

final whistle.
Good run out for the lads, especially the young recruits.
2-0 o us, good goals by torres and Gerrard.