First off congrats to the scousers for tearing us apart from the get go, the only period Man Utd played decent football was for around 15-20 minutes of the 2nd half before the final nail was driven in - Man of the Match as much as I don't like the guys character was Suarez, hard worker for Liverpool, all round footballer, something most guys seemed shocked about yet the guy scored 4 goals in the world cup and had been top scorer in the Eredivisie (sp) for 2 seasons in a row
In fact, even before going to the Bridge, I knew the Anfield match would be more difficult with King Kenny's knack for tactics and his were spot on, I think that's where Liverpool beat us, along with Nani's back header which totally changed the game. Fergie could have played 4-5-1 like he did against Arsenal and done a bit of damage control...I was impressed that he was going for the win but this time it totally backfired on him.
Like @Juz B has mentioned, I have no idea why we're giving people like Carrick 5 year contracts when a guy cannot string 2 passes to save his life no matter what stats say!We need creative mid fielders like Modric and VdV, Anderson and Fletcher can remain for energy and holding while the likes of Gibson should be as far away from OT as possible. Vidic and Rio should get replacements coz only Smalling can fit in but his inexperience showed against Suarez. Evans should stay injured!!!
Let us not compare Nani's injury with the horrific leg breaks of Eduardo and Ramsey, or even Valencia's ankle - it was bad tackle that deserved a red for Carragher but Nani's wailing as he showed the ref the extent of the injury didn't help matters, apparently he cursed Carragher out of the dressing room when he came to apologize!
I'm confident we'll recover. Best of luck to Arsenal tomorrow, with Puyol and Pique missing, anything is possible - if only RvP and Theo were there. But Barca is Barca
BEER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!