by adamnbarrett » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:26 pm
Well, for the first time in ages I've come away from Anfield very pleased.
I thought we were very good today. I'm delighted for Pennant, because his confidence is sky high at the moment and it's showing in his performances, he even tried some tricks which shows his confidence levels. I hope his form continues because he's now got the crowd behind him aswell.
I was pleased for Gonzalez because he was good today, his crossing at times is not good but he did put in some good balls. He showed his pace today when going past defenders and exploited them. He'll goin confidence from a good performance. He worked well with Riise who was allowed to get down the left side because Wigan didn't offer much going forward.
The rest of the defence speaks for itself, Carra and Sammi were solid as usual and Arbeloa continues to impress me. Hius link-up play with Pennant was excellent once again and he looked comfortable but again Wigan didn't pose much of a threat.
I was happy with Alonso who's performances are almost always decent. He misplaced a few passes but we're all allowed mistakes and Wigan weren't exactly going to capitalise on them. Zenden was average, but I still maintain my belief that he won't be here next season because he's shite.
Crouch couldn't really get into it, I think he had trouble against De Z(whatever it is) at times and was always tightly marked.
I'm delighted for Kuyt aswell, some doubts had come into people's minds recently but todays performance will do him the world of good. The Key factor for me with Kuyt today was that he did not have his back to goal, he was making little runs in behind like he did near the beginning of the season when he was in good form. He had the confidence to take on a few players aswell. Both goals were good finishes and he could have had another himself but unselfishly tried to nod it down for Gonzalez.
Bellamy ripped them apart when he came on. He made some great diagonal runs and cut inside from the left hand side. He's looking a breath of fresh air.
I was pleased today because previously at home, we've got the goals required to win the game and then just passed the ball around the back 4. We actually went on for more goals and actually showboated a bit.
Very happy, even if it was against a poor side.