DISQUS

Overall a pleasantly surprising game.

Liverpool played great. They outran, out-hussled United all over the pitch, and played like they wanted to win. A great confidence booster for the team, given they played without Torres and without Gerrard for most of the game.

United look horrible. Berbatov was nowhere to be seen apart from setting up Tevez. The defense looked sluggish; maybe it was playing from hard fought internationals? Vidic's red card was rather foolish. I also think that United have had so much success recently against Liverpool, maybe they thought that this would be more or less a walk in the park for them. And when they fought back, United never had an answer. Granted, I think Liverpool's goals could've easily been prevented. Van de saar needs to avoid punching the ball to players' feet to avoid conceding goals. For the 2nd goal, Giggs was thoroghly beaten by Mascherano near the goal, and could've just played it out for a corner, but didn't. Just wasn't their day today.

I agree that Liverpool need to carry this sort of play on a consistent. The real test will be around winter time, when they usually just fall behind the pack. They need to show that they're more than just an English AC Milan; good in Europe, pitiful in domestic play.

United are reportedly going to get back Ronaldo for the CL this week. With all this offense on the team (Berbatov, Tevez, Rooney plus Ronaldo), anyone think they're going to have trouble playing together?