Liverpool today reignited the title race, with another amazing performance, to back up their mid-week pummeling of Real Madrid.

Against a Man Utd team that hadn’t conceded a home goal for 4 1/2 months, Liverpool came back from a goal down, to turn out 1-4 winners, with a sublime performance.

It was a case of Liverpool’s superstars, brilliantly backed up by the supporting cast, playing to their wonderful best, whilst Man Utd’s supposed galacticos underperformed woefully.  How must Wayne Rooney be regretting his “hate” comments earlier on this week.

The title will still be won by Man Utd, barring a calamitous collapse on their part, but from one Liverpool fan, today, just today, I don’t care.  We’ve done the double over the old enemy and for a while at least, we have the bragging rights.

My Man Of The Match for today – Stephen Gerrard.

Tomorrow sees Liverpool take on the mighty Real Madrid, at Anfield.  Following the first leg, in which Liverpool scored 1-0, a draw or win would take Liverpool into the last 8 of the Champions League.

Liverpool were tactically superb in the first game and frustrated Real, never giving them a chance to score.  Tomorrow will be interesting as Real need to come and attack but I fully expect Liverpool to win the tie.  Benayou, who scored the winner in the Bernabeau, is a major doubt for the match though, having pull up in training with a hamstring injury.  Torres is back in training but Rafa is leaving it until the last minute before deciding on his fitness.  Interestingly, if you’re a betting man, Paddy Power are doing a special deal for Liverpool supporters, where having a £10 bet on the match entitles you to a free £20 bet.  Click here for details.

Come on you Reds!!

photo credit: j.clark

1-1.  Again.  The match against Wigan last night was so frustrating.  I managed to watch the game live, and it was typical Liverpool this season.  Dominate the game, go 1-0 up but can’t kill the game off and then the other team gradually come back into it.

I worry about Liverpool. Without Torres or Gerrard, what do we have? It’s the same old story, no flair up front, no real will to win. Yes, we have a good squad but I question Benitez’s tactics. I’d love for us to just go for the jugular, for us to dominate a game. When we come up against a team like Everton, who park the bus in front of their net, and rely on specialist set-piece takers, we stuggle. How we can let Cahill get free like that, AGAIN, is beyond me. Yes, have a zonal marking system, but let’s have a couple of players to man mark their key players as well. We dominated the match but how many chances did we have? Not enough. Our 19 year search to end the championship drought is not going to end this season unless we take more risks.

Having said all that, the equalising goal showed just how good the Torres Gerrard partnership is.  They are both truly world class.