by aCe' » Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:51 am
Listen, all the credit in the world to the players on the night. They defended bravely and stopped Madrid from running riot without creating much down the other end. Cant fault them for that though.
My point before the game still stands though. Picking this side in a big European night goes completely against what Liverpool stand for. When did we become a Hull who rest their players against a Utd because a game against Villa is more important. Nonsense. Low on confidence and morale, he should have had more belief and trust in the players who start (and have started last season) for him week in week out. Yes the likes of Toure, Lucas and Can had good games (all 3 should start against Chelsea on the back of that defensive performance) but at the end of the day we came out of the game with no points and with our chances of qualifying taking another knock. You can applaud his tactics, you can applaud the performance of many who started, but the approach to the game does us no favors going forward. If I'm Suarez, Henderson, Gerrard etc. and I've played my heart out last season to get the side in this competition for the chance to play against the top sides in the world, I'd be very disappointed to see the manager field a second string side on the night because he believes the result is a foregone conclusion.