My view on the match was although there were 6 goals, i was unimpressed and not surprised at all by the team and individual performances.
Many have lauded the game as great to watch and exciting.
for me, a liverpool side that struggles to put together more that 5 passes and invites the opposition to come at them through the centre of the pitch leaves me constantly shaking my head. Our midfield is a joke though. Allen is a mouse, Hendo is a puppy chasing seagulls on the beach, Gerrard mostly walks for 90 minutes and fails to inspire the side and Lucas seems to think that yellow cards are a good thing.
what has happened to our passing and running?
why are we prepared to defend deep and leave a massive hole in the middle for sides to attack us and why do we fail to press high up the pitch?
the player selection for this game was also questionable. Agger and Skrtle are not a good central defending combination. Agger is a great player but needs a reliable smart partner which Skrtel is not. Surely Toure should have been selected for this game?
The manager made poor staring selections and poor substitutions.
Allen is clearly not good enough. Light weight, no confidence. Surely Luis Alberto could have started or replaced him. Gerrard was woeful in this game, he was often left watching play as it moved upfield and past him in defence. Everton were quite good i thought and deserved to win it, if not for SAS and Mignolet they would have.
sigh.
I think our main problem is the midfield as SG cannot play as he used to, Leiva is not great under pressure and Allen was nervous probably coming back after so long in such a game was always going to be difficult. That said, it appeared to me that we try to complicate our game too much and it was so obvious that Everton just kept it simple.
The best player on the field for me was Ross Barkley and by a mile and I don't understand why Everton can develop such local and not us.
