Liverpool 2 Man Utd 1

First of all, chill Zal. There will surely be a victory post. I was too tired to post last night, and too lazy to do it this morning. Right now my ears are still ringing from the screams of victory, "YEAHHH!! WOOOOOHHHHOOOO!!!" K, let me at least celebrate for now ah, coz it's really been a long time since Liverpool beat Man U in the league.

I think the preview of the game featured the new major signing from each club:

Berbatov vs Riera. I didn't even know who the hell Riera is la.

I was shocked when my cousin called me saying Tevez scored only after 3 mins into the game. I thought he was joking ah, thx man. We were still at Zamzam then la. So when we were reaching SMU, we heard people shouting "GOAL!". I was obviously panicking while running to see the screen. I thought Man U scored. Well, in fact, a Man U player scored, just on the wrong end. At 1-1, Liverpool was still shaky though. Liverpool started to pick up momentum only in the 2nd half. I've to say Riera was quite impressive ah. His style of play has flair dok, good touches, sleek movements. Potentially a proper replacement for Garcia, unlike Benayoun. He wasn't fully fit though, so a bit upset. Benayoun had a chance in front of goal, after someone's nice chip-through-pass but he blew it, as in literally I think, coz the speed of the ball was infinitesimal ah. Then in came the talismanic Gerrard for Benayoun. Ironically his first pass was wayward, letting a Man U player fire a shot. Later on, Babel replaced Riera and he made an immediate impact. Mascherano's determination was crucial throughout the whole game, including the winning goal. He won the ball at the byline, slipped it to Kuyt to assist Babel. I don't understand why Benayoun started instead of Babel. Babel was running at the defenders all, with some tricks, and also a nutmeg for Brown, nicely executed. Kisurat. But Kuyt didn't score from Babel's pass, standard.

This time round, Liverpool's midfield was more superior. Alonso made all the key passes and started most of the play. Mascherano won almost every ball, emulating Alonso's passing capabilities at times as well. Riera baik, and so too was Babel obviously. I hope this moral-boosting victory is a good sign of things to come. The fans are still waiting.