[Kurt]

For all the grief I gave the players during the match, I must at least give them some credit for the way they turned it around. Changing back to the 4-2-3-1 system with Voronin on the left and Benayoun behind Crouch made us much more fluent in attack, and suddenly we started playing.

Pennant was wonderful to watch in the second. Benayoun showed how much better he looks in the centre, and I wish whenever we rest Gerrard that Yossi gets to play that role, as that is his most natural one.

Insua looked good when he came on, but he is very naive in his style, he just bombed forward with no thoughts for the space he left exposed. The ability to choose when to go forward will come with experience.

All in all after an awful first 60 mins, the players picked up and performed well. When we went down 2-0, it seemed the players realised there was pride to play for and it was pleasing to see the way they picked up.