The strategy highlighted Liverpools fatal flaw - over reliance on Gerrard (who is an inspirational talismanic figure) - once hes neutralised the rest of the midfield are mostly so-so.
Alonso always impresses me as much as Gerrard tbh.
Chelsea were very good, can't see any of the English teams beating Barcelona though.
Who would want Chelsea to win anything ??
Why?
Because Barca are a better side than anyone else in Europe at the minute, thats why. Europe is different than domestic games and I can see Barca winning the Champions League actually quite easily.
Chelsea were great last night but then again Liverpool were awful when it came to defending, same with Man Utd, if it wasn't for a Porto cock up they would of lost that game.
Out of any of the English teams I can see Arsenal doing best.
And if it wasn't for a United cock-up they'd have won it. Pointless argument.
Porto vs Barca final, I can see it now. I can also see Platini's smug little face when it happens.
Gerrard's still the worlds best midfielder BTW - we just don't have the strength in depth of either Chelski or Utd in our squad. (Unsurprising really considering the current cost of squad for both Utd and Chelsk is £100m more than LFC's)
Seems liverpool fans love to keep dredging this rather obscure fact up in one form or another, although to validate the arguement they have a tendency to ignore there own recent spending but instead like to talk about over some 5 year period.
Said it before the quarters and still believe its coming:
Arsenal - Barcelona final
Got it wrong there m8ty
I'm not talking about spending over time. I'm talking about the value of the squads as they stand today. Chelski and Man U's squads cost £100m more than Liverpool's.
Spending over some "5 year period" is a false measure - 'cause it would exclude anyone who's been at the clubs for more than 5 years.
Liverpool also only have one 20 million pound player in their squad - record signing Torres. How many have Chelski and the scummers got per team eh?
I think we do bloody well considering we can't match the financial muscle of either of our closest rivals.