Tactics worked a treat tonight. Get in front, then frustrate the hell out of Liverpool. Defensively good, counter attacking was also very good.
Anyway, Chelsea ratings:
Cech 7 - Little to do, other than the world class save from Gerrard.
Ferreira 5 - Too easy to go past him. 'Pool should have been so much more effective on his flank.
Carvalho 8 - Gave Kuyt, Bellamy no chance and was superb at bringing the ball out, so composed.
Terry 7 - Handled Bellamy and Kuyt well.
A Cole 6 - Bit suspect with his man-marking, and didn't offer much going forward, but still a satisfactory performance.
Makelele 6 - So composed.
Mikel 7 - See Maka, but also brought the ball forward.
Lampard 7 - Not for his attacking play, but his defensive work tonight was unbelievable. Ran his bollocks off helping the defence out, made a couple of vital interceptions and actually ran with the ball. Should have scored though.
Joe Cole 7 - Helped Ash defensively and was very good in the first half. Tired 2nd half performance though.
Sheva 6 - Some nice play, but largely ineffective.
Drogba 9 - Agger must've been wetting the bed last night at the thought of trying to mark Didier. Was an absolute nuisance for 'Pool tonight, just hope he doesn't get booked at Anfield.
Should've scored though.
Subs:
Kalou 6 - Should've gone for goal instead of trying to set up Frank.
SWP - N/A
Anyway, we'll have Essien and Ballack back for next week, so we'll be 3x better in the midfield (although I'd like to see JM playing Essien at RB for the 2nd leg!)