I was quite impressed with our performance today, especially how well our defence dealt with Kevin Davies and our passing in the second half. As soon as we scored that second goal, you could see the confidence flowing back and we started to knock the ball about quite impressively.
Gerrard is surely and slowly coming back to his best, together with Mascherano who I feel was superb today; his passing was particularly flawless and he was driving the midfield at the start of the second half. Gerrard was very focused today, long may this continue. He's got to show more of it when the chips are down though, not just when things are going well for us.
But the foundations for this improvement is down to the fact that we are looking very good defensively again, minus one or two errors from which we might have conceded today, but it is clear that it's giving the whole team a lift, as the players are more confident in going forward. Kyriagos is hugely impressive, especially in the air. He hasn't put a foot wrong since he's been drafted in the defence. Special mention has to go to Skrtel as well, who is starting to look like his old self. He's actually a pretty tidy defender in his passing when he looks assured and confident.
Insua is a player who has been on the wrong end of some unfair criticism this year but he's a really good prospect who looks impressive going forward and with the presence of Riera ahead of him, he looks much more assured, especially defensively. He'll only become better with more and more games.
All in all I think it won't be long before we're back to our best, taking into consideration that Torres and Benayoun are due back soon and that Gerrard is still feeling his way back to full sharpness. With more confidence our away form will improve and hopefully we can look forward to more positive football away from home.
I'm feeling optimistic we can look ahead to a strong end of season from our part. We've managed this each year under Rafa's tenure. Slowly and surely Rafa is managing to turn things around, much to the disappointment of people who does not believe in him. Long may this continue.
Gerrard is surely and slowly coming back to his best, together with Mascherano who I feel was superb today; his passing was particularly flawless and he was driving the midfield at the start of the second half. Gerrard was very focused today, long may this continue. He's got to show more of it when the chips are down though, not just when things are going well for us.
But the foundations for this improvement is down to the fact that we are looking very good defensively again, minus one or two errors from which we might have conceded today, but it is clear that it's giving the whole team a lift, as the players are more confident in going forward. Kyriagos is hugely impressive, especially in the air. He hasn't put a foot wrong since he's been drafted in the defence. Special mention has to go to Skrtel as well, who is starting to look like his old self. He's actually a pretty tidy defender in his passing when he looks assured and confident.
Insua is a player who has been on the wrong end of some unfair criticism this year but he's a really good prospect who looks impressive going forward and with the presence of Riera ahead of him, he looks much more assured, especially defensively. He'll only become better with more and more games.
All in all I think it won't be long before we're back to our best, taking into consideration that Torres and Benayoun are due back soon and that Gerrard is still feeling his way back to full sharpness. With more confidence our away form will improve and hopefully we can look forward to more positive football away from home.
I'm feeling optimistic we can look ahead to a strong end of season from our part. We've managed this each year under Rafa's tenure. Slowly and surely Rafa is managing to turn things around, much to the disappointment of people who does not believe in him. Long may this continue.
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