Quote from: Juan on Today at 04:41:33 PM<blockquote>
Defensively I saved the best for last........The second was a super finish by Berbatov but if you watch it again Carragher gave him all the time in the world. Had Carragher been tight and made his presence felt there is no way Berbatov is controlling that ball and flicking it over his head.good point, Juan.
And you have to ask why Berbatov had the nerve to even try that manoeuvre.
I used to play upfront and I tried that same type of thing on a couple of occasions. Well actually mine was more like Gazza's flick over the Scottish defender in euro 96. Back to defender, dink the ball over his head.....run round the far side of him, and volley the ball at the goal. Though, unlike Gazza, both my efforts hit the bar.
But I tried it because I noted that the particular defender, in both instances, was giving me more space than he should have been. He wasn't getting tight.
And I suspect that is what happened today. The United striker saw Carra was not getting tight enough and that encouraged him to try his flick for the second goal.
Gerrard does what he always does, steps up when it matters.I thought Gerrard was very poor. United bossed the middle of the park. Thus we were overrun the whole time. Scholes was exceptional.
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