Liverpool 2V2 Spurs ratings 07/10/07

Paco · #1 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 09:46 PM

Goals: Voronin
Torres

Assists: Finnan

Man of the match: Torres

Reina - 5 Beaten 3 times. once carragher cleared off the line. Had to come way off his line twice and got away with it. poor distribution on occasion.

Finnan - 7 caught out a bit for the first but done well in trying to get us back into the game by taking the ball forward, had a shot on goal that robinson spilled and set up torres at the back post for the winner.

Carragher - 4 once is bad enough but twice is unforgiveable. it's a pity cos he had little else to do but twice didn't get close enough to keane who scored either side of the break.

Hyypia - 4 usually imperious in the air he was beaten twice by Berbatov to set up keane for the goals.

Arbeloa - 6 played alright didn't have much trouble from tainio.

Pennant - 6 Got in some crosses and looked are best threat. was surprised he was taken off instead of riise who was brutal.

Gerrard - 5 Good first half but anonymous in the second. good free kick spilled by robinson led to voronins goal and hit the post shortly after. blasted over in the second half and that was his only contribution after the break.

Mascherano - 6 gave the ball away a lot but kept going. didn't hide, always wanted the ball and went close with one effort saved at the near post and a drive from 30 odd yards.

Riise - 4 awful. offered nothing down the left and blasted over the top when he had time to do something.

Voronin - 5 done well to anticipate the rebound off robinson and went wild when he scored. done a lot of good tracking back and kept the ball well but cost us a victory with his indecision. thought he would have been confident enough to bury the pass from torres but instead set it up for Gerrard. 2 nil at that stage and it was game over.

Torres - 8 crucial goal. How important will that goal be if that is the end of our bad patch? great header at the death to get us a point and keep our unbeaten record. looked tired but created opportunities for himself and others.

subs:

Kuyt - 7 no pace down the right but got plenty of crosses in to dnagerous areas.

Babel - 6 played through the middle and was strong on the ball. had an effort went wide but looked a threat.

Benayoun - 6 created more in 10 mins than riise did all day.

Rafa - 6 We got the bit of luck to go ahead but couldn't kill the game off when Voronin inexplicably played the ball back to Gerrard when he'd only the keeper to beat. where is a decision like that coming from? safety first in all areas of the pitch even when you have a one on one?? thankfully the attack at last came to tyhe rescue of the defence who had a bit of a mare. often we've lost games when the defence have had a bad day. thank God for Torres, with him at the club we can be great again. it's been an awful period for us since the last international break. I would have thought we'd have taken 10 - 12 points from Portsmouth away, Brum at home, wigan away and spurs at home. instead we got 6 and in many respects we were lucky. the next three league games are massive: everton away, Arsenal at home and blackburn away. we're only six points behind arsenal but if we continue playing like we have been we'll be out of it following the next three games. That siad it was important we didn't lose after we went two one down and rafa made three attacking substitutes that helped us earn a draw we deserved.

~~WeAreTheBest~~ · #2 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by Paco

Reina - Had to come way off his line twice and got away with it.

Would you rather he stood rooted to his line and just let them run through and score?

5 for Voronin is crazy.

Vladi · #3 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by WeAreTheBest

Would you rather he stood rooted to his line and just let them run through and score?

5 for Voronin is crazy.

Agree. Best player on the pitch for me.

Paco · #4 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Vladi

Agree. Best player on the pitch for me.

indecision cost us the game. should have buried that chance at 1 nil then game was wrapped up. can't fault his work rate, holding up the ball and done well for his goal but can't forgive him for that fuck up today

Lapskaus · #5 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 10:17 PM

The Wolf will be very upset when he reads this. He was everywhere today, brilliant performance, not his fault Gerrard didnt bury it.

ScouseAndy · #6 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 11:14 PM

How did Torres get an 8? If it was just based on his goal Voro should have had a 10.

Our backbone imo of Reina, Carra, Gerrard and Torres were all shit today which is why it was 1 point rather than a comfortable 3.

atk · #7 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by Paco

Goals: Voronin
Torres

Assists: Finnan

Man of the match: Torres

Reina - 5 Beaten 3 times. once carragher cleared off the line. Had to come way off his line twice and got away with it. poor distribution on occasion.

Finnan - 7 caught out a bit for the first but done well in trying to get us back into the game by taking the ball forward, had a shot on goal that robinson spilled and set up torres at the back post for the winner.

Carragher - 4 once is bad enough but twice is unforgiveable. it's a pity cos he had little else to do but twice didn't get close enough to keane who scored either side of the break.

Hyypia - 4 usually imperious in the air he was beaten twice by Berbatov to set up keane for the goals.

Arbeloa - 6 played alright didn't have much trouble from tainio.

Pennant - 6 Got in some crosses and looked are best threat. was surprised he was taken off instead of riise who was brutal.

Gerrard - 5 Good first half but anonymous in the second. good free kick spilled by robinson led to voronins goal and hit the post shortly after. blasted over in the second half and that was his only contribution after the break.

Mascherano - 6 gave the ball away a lot but kept going. didn't hide, always wanted the ball and went close with one effort saved at the near post and a drive from 30 odd yards.

Riise - 4 awful. offered nothing down the left and blasted over the top when he had time to do something.

Voronin - 5 done well to anticipate the rebound off robinson and went wild when he scored. done a lot of good tracking back and kept the ball well but cost us a victory with his indecision. thought he would have been confident enough to bury the pass from torres but instead set it up for Gerrard. 2 nil at that stage and it was game over.

Torres - 8 crucial goal. How important will that goal be if that is the end of our bad patch? great header at the death to get us a point and keep our unbeaten record. looked tired but created opportunities for himself and others.

subs:

Kuyt - 7 no pace down the right but got plenty of crosses in to dnagerous areas.

Babel - 6 played through the middle and was strong on the ball. had an effort went wide but looked a threat.

Benayoun - 6 created more in 10 mins than riise did all day.

Rafa - 6 We got the bit of luck to go ahead but couldn't kill the game off when Voronin inexplicably played the ball back to Gerrard when he'd only the keeper to beat. where is a decision like that coming from? safety first in all areas of the pitch even when you have a one on one?? thankfully the attack at last came to tyhe rescue of the defence who had a bit of a mare. often we've lost games when the defence have had a bad day. thank God for Torres, with him at the club we can be great again. it's been an awful period for us since the last international break. I would have thought we'd have taken 10 - 12 points from Portsmouth away, Brum at home, wigan away and spurs at home. instead we got 6 and in many respects we were lucky. the next three league games are massive: everton away, Arsenal at home and blackburn away. we're only six points behind arsenal but if we continue playing like we have been we'll be out of it following the next three games. That siad it was important we didn't lose after we went two one down and rafa made three attacking substitutes that helped us earn a draw we deserved.

? what about 0

kopitegaz · #8 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 11:19 PM

Voronin was our best player today by some distance.

atk · #9 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 11:20 PM

Just a joke lads,Think 5 is about right,althoughCarragher fucked up today not Reina

karlos · #10 (**permalink**) 7th October 2007, 11:27 PM

Thought Voronin played well, he kept the ball well, hussled and seemed more comfortable with the ball at his feet than anyone of his team mates.

23 Carra Gold · #11 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 08:20 AM

voronin the best player on the park by a fucking mile
twice he ran the length of the pitch to make last ditch tackles and made them as well.
his reward - dragged off for no reason when a clown like riise plays the 90

Salte · #12 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 08:28 AM

Voronin was our best player against spurs.
Torres was anonymous for large parts, i'd rather give him the 5 and Voronin the 8.

Also, finnan was partly at fault for their first goal, in addition to not being very good. No way a 7.

dirty_sanchez · #13 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 09:35 AM

All those ratings are balls. We weren't that bad, Sami and Carra just had a mare.

ManxRed · #14 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by 23 Carra Gold

voronin the best player on the park by a fucking mile
twice he ran the length of the pitch to make last ditch tackles and made them as well.his reward - dragged off for no reason when a clown like riise plays the 90

Glad that didn't go unnoticed

robslappa · #15 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 09:56 AM

5 for Voronin! Best player on the pitch.

Can't argue with most of the ratings, although I think you're a bit harsh on Reina.

Paco · #16 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by 23 Carra Gold

voronin the best player on the park by a fucking mile
twice he ran the length of the pitch to make last ditch tackles and made them as well.
his reward - dragged off for no reason when a clown like riise plays the 90

while i admire his work rate and his tracking players back to his own 18 yard and making last ditch tackles, he had the opportunity to kill the game and he bottled it. is nobody else annoyed by this?

plonky · #17 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Paco

while i admire his work rate and his tracking players back to his own 18 yard and making last ditch tackles, he had the opportunity to kill the game and he bottled it. is nobody else annoyed by this?

Torres blasted one to the corner flag yet gets an 8 ?

kopitegaz · #18 (**permalink**) 8th October 2007, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Paco

while i admire his work rate and his tracking players back to his own 18 yard and making last ditch tackles, he had the opportunity to kill the game and he bottled it. is nobody else annoyed by this?

So you give him a 5 for that, and give someone an 8 who for large parts of the game was anonymous? He's also the first striker for a long time to run in onto a loose ball hoping to pick up the scraps.. and he scored from that. How many times do our players not take advantage of those situations? That annoys me. Yes, he had that opportunity to score again, but who is to say that Gerrard didnt call for the pass?