5/10

that's how much we were worth at anfield.

we gave away a goal within 5 minutes.
we gave away so many balls during the last 7 minutes or so, when we could have gone for the kill.
we missed two open goals.

almunia- 7/10
almost faultless. the goal wasn't his fault anyway.
gallas- 7/10
played well overall. finally showed what being captain is about, with a good last-ditch block on gerrard.
toure- 6/10
played well overall. dangerous on one occasion when he cut through the entire liverpool midfield. i am unhappy about the free-kick. i know he scored from there against bolton, but from that position, i think he should have gone into the box and see what fabregas can do from there.
sagna- 6/10
rather steady, as always.
clichy- 6/10
as usual, consistent.
flamini- 5/10
gave away too many balls. he got caught in possession outside the box, which led to the incident that gave liverpool that freekick from which they scored. kept slipping and slipping and slipping. didnt do a great job at left back. i think he got caught out alot in that little time he spent there. i thought he should have made way for gilberto instead of clichy.
fabregas- 6/10
6 only because he scored. he missed that open goal. and i think his passing was off, especially in the first half. his touch was also poor today.
eboue- 5/10
he did hit the post, he did look dangerous when he took the ball and run, but i wasn't impressed by his decision-making. but then, he has never been good at it.
rosicky- 5/10
he looks so awkward, so terribly right-legged when he dribbles. he kept the ball ok, but didnt do anything much.
hleb-7/10
drove the team forward, because liverpool can't take the ball off him. had some luck on that ball to fabregas, but he has really made things happen.
adebayor-5/10
disappointing today. ran alot, but nothing much to show for it.
walcott- 6/10
was dangerous. breathed life into arsenal's play, but again, didnt really do anything.
gilberto- 5/10
didn't have time to do much.
bendtner- 6/10
clearly gave another dimension. he brings a little of van persie's qualities to our play when he came on. but he lost the ball too many times in such a crucial game, and under naive circumstances, so it was unforgiveable. and he missed that second open goal.

to me, it's 2 points lost. you can argue that liverpool had their chances, but i think they got outplayed by us. well, if i rate us so poorly and still think we outplayed liverpool, i think that says a little about how good liverpool really is.

as a team, we played ok, perhaps a little off, but certainly not far off from what we have been playing so far. but i am terribly disappointed, because we shot ourselves in the foot by conceding that early goal. and i absolutely hate it when you make things difficult for yourself and undo all your hard work. because of the goal conceded, the shots missed, we threw away all our effort. how can you accept that?

i rate us so poorly, because all the things we failed to do were much more significant than what we did, which should anyway be demanded of every game, which was to play good football.

we can console ourselves by saying at least we kept the two records: remaining unbeaten and scoring in every game.

but consolation is just a form of self-deception for our failure.

so get that out of the head and focus on the carling cup, then the man u game. make sure there will be no need for any form of consolation.

and tell you what, carragher is a bloody cheat. he was grabbing fabregas in the box, just like how he was grabbing lescott against everton.

well, he is a lucky cheat.