The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[laoislad]

2-0 Crouch 88mins if only we could play like this in the premiership

[GalwayBayBoy]

Good performance tonight I thought. Gerrard's best game of the season. Kuyt was good too.

Injuries not so good. Alonso, Gonzalez and Pennant all off injured. Speedy looked the worst of those.

Last match a formality now so time to start climbing the league table and forget about Europe until after Christmas.

[el_cuervo_fc]

Great result.  glad to see stevie G get on the score sheet.  maybe now he'll bring some form back into the league

[charlie stubbs]

injury to alonso not good,means that zuke zenden prob getta few games

[Hank Everlast]

losing three midfielders in one night cud be a disaster for our premiership form.... any word on the seriousness of the injuries?

[hows she cutting]

alonso looks like he will have a dead leg from the impact of challenge on him

[Mayo4Sam]

Reds count cost of PSV victory
Rafael Benitez revealed that Liverpool have paid a heavy price for winning Champions League Group C with a 2-0 home win over PSV Eindhoven.

Chile winger Mark Gonzalez has a torn hamstring and could be out for at least three weeks, while Jermaine Pennant has a strained hamstring and is very doubtful for Saturday's home league game with Manchester City.

Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso was also taken off in the Anfield match with a leg muscle injury.

Benitez said: "We are very pleased with the victory, it was good for the players, the fans and the whole club.

"But to lose three players with injuries is a high price. It made it a very hard match to manage, when you see players being taken off like that - two in the first half - it does limit what you can do as a manager.

"We found ourselves having to use Luis Garcia, who was not 100% after being out for three weeks with a calf injury, while Bolo Zenden too, was forced into the game without any warm-up because the injuries happened so quickly."

But boss Benitez was delighted with the performance of Steven Gerrard, who scored the first goal and led the side with drive and passion throughout.

He said: "We played very professionally, and Steven had a fine game. He scored another goal and it was good to see him playing with such confidence, the whole team were happy to see that."

PSV boss Ronald Koeman maintained that the difference between the sides was the performance of Gerrard.

Said Koeman: "The quality of Gerrard was outstanding, it was an excellent midfield performance and was something we could not match."

Koeman was critical of his own side's overall play, and said: "We did not do too badly, we did not give away possession but our build up play from the back let us down.

"We have dangerous players up front but if we do not get the ball to them properly, we will not score goals.

"A lot of our play was really sloppy, if you do that you do not create much up front."

Koeman, who confirmed that he lost Phillip Cocu with a fever just before the match, added: "We were not prepared to risk him because of the important games we have coming up.

"It would have been good to have won at Anfield, but playing away to Liverpool is very different to playing Galatasaray and Bordeaux on their own grounds.

"We know we have qualified, but we still want to end the group with a victory against Bordeaux in our last match, that would send us into the winter in good spirits."

[winghalfun]

Managed to get tickets for the game. Got back late last night. Good result alright but we were helped by PSV's negative 4-3-2-1 system.
It was 34 minutes before we got the first shot on target which shows what a dire first half it was.

Liverpool had most of the possession but their lack of creativity was glaringly obvious for most of the game.

Yes Stevie G worked hard but so did Peter Crouch, Stevie Finnann with Rise becoming more influential in the second half.

If Pennant had not been stretchered off he would have been taken off becuase he gave away so much ball and wasted so many opportunties.

Both goals were well taken but why, now that he has the central role, can't Gerrard make more of the runs he did to create more opportunities?
Its all well and good making well timed, crunching tackles in midfield but that is bread and butter stuff for any good midfielder.

Lets hope that his goal on Wenesday will restore some of the obvious lost confidence.

Was hoping to hear the KOP in full volume but it was the Dutch fans who made the most noise throughout the night even singing along to You'll Never Walk Alone at the start.

Overall the team were well organised, disciplined and patient but I can see now why this approach has cost us so many points this year.

[charlie stubbs]

will be interesting to see the midfield saturday any thoughts?garcia,gerrard,zenden and riise,with warnock at left back?please not aurelio!?

[bingobus]

will be interesting to see the midfield saturday any thoughts?garcia,gerrard,zenden and riise,with warnock at left back?please not aurelio!?

No Warnock, he out for a few weeks. All options on the left injured bar Riise - Kewell, Aurelio, Gonzalez, Warnock. Looks like Garcia or Zenden but no-one else in the middle with Alonso and Sissoko injured. Unless he throws Anderson from the Youth team into the mix but this would be very unrafa like.

[charlie stubbs]

its a goodthing we are at home this weekend.maybe play bellers on the right,garcia left with zenden and gerrard in middle.very attacking though.

[charlie stubbs]

says on skysports news that pennant should be fit

[laoislad]

Any one think Fowler should be givin a fair chance? i reckon he'll be packed off somewhere in January

[charlie stubbs]

think 20 mins anyway bellamy hasnt done it kuyt hasnt been 2 gud away from anfield think fowler wud do well playn off crouchs knockdowns

[Carmen Stateside]

1-0 Stevie G !! more like ya!