by Rez Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:50 am
Torrente wrote:I was sorry to see that Benitez let fear get the worst of him once again by having Liverpool defend so deep after the first 30 minutes. I actually thought Liverpool played quite well in the first half and deserved the lead. Second half was a completely different story. Arsenal weren't amazing by any means but at least they tried to score, something Liverpool showed no interest in.
Once again, I feel that Liverpool are severely lacking in flair players. They desperately need someone like Messi, Ronaldo, Robinho, etc. Players who can decide games with a piece of magic. It's amazing that in their entire squad, Liverpool doesn't have a single player who can dribble. This has to be some kind of record.
Today Liverpool didn't have one player on the pitch who could run with the ball and beat a player, united had 5 in the game yesterday!!
There were many occasions when Liverpool attackers had the ball in the Arsenal half with loads of space to run into and they would just check back and play the ball sideways/backwards and lose all momentum.
Liverpool had no invention or creativity, they just kept hoofing the ball forward hoping to get lucky. They couldnt pass the ball around and make things happen. The contrast in styles was amazing, if you didn't know anything about the teams you wouldn't think that both teams were title challengers.
Rafa needs a clear out and a huge rethink as Liverpool are never going to win the league playing this kind of kick and rush hoof ball with slow and above average players.
Ps They have Babel who can dribble, but Rafa didn't play him and he isnt in the same league as the players you mentioned originally.