On Monday morning after it all, it felt that a long season is ahead of us. By the final whistle last night the only thing notably long were David Johnson’s pearly black legs. They were everywhere, and registered the right touchline their own property. They had hard work, aplomb, graft and grace written all over them. I classed Spurs at home on the opening day as a decent side that can raise themselves to the occasion. Stoke would be a grafty side that brings memories of suffocation and frustration. And coming on the back of a defeat, a lukewarm performance and rumours abounding on the gaffer’s future, this fixture had that arid air reminding you of a hospital warm around it. But the aura of Anfield, and the reminding of the telepathy that still exists and will always does between Gerrard and Torres quickly dispelled it all.
From then on, Liverpool simply rampaged all over the place. And apart from the three points it was another reminder that Benitez has the dressing room under his total control while the respect between the coaching and the playing staff is mutual. Rafa asked for a performance and he duly got it. The knee-jerk reactions by some of the press, that Rafa’s losing it were simply extinguished.
This is a side without much airs around it. This is a squad which is on the thin side. But this is a side that makes you warm to. It’s got hard work written all over it. Johnson yesterday complemented all the hard work with panache to its whole build-up. Benitez is building something that is mirroring himself on the pitch.
Benitez is stubborn, (anyone else would have trudged off after all the flak he has been taking from the speculators that go with the initials of TH and GG). His side is equally hard headed. They complement the stubbornness with trust worthiness of making up for a dismal performance when the first chance arises. Alongside that, Rafa’s superior tactical awareness is coupled by some of his players skill and inventiveness on the pitch.
Gerrard’s superlative turn that led to the third goal was another reminder that alongside the hard guts, there is a heart that pumps blood and creates an excitable persona. Alongside Johnson’s legs, at the moment long is the wait for the next match.
From then on, Liverpool simply rampaged all over the place. And apart from the three points it was another reminder that Benitez has the dressing room under his total control while the respect between the coaching and the playing staff is mutual. Rafa asked for a performance and he duly got it. The knee-jerk reactions by some of the press, that Rafa’s losing it were simply extinguished.
This is a side without much airs around it. This is a squad which is on the thin side. But this is a side that makes you warm to. It’s got hard work written all over it. Johnson yesterday complemented all the hard work with panache to its whole build-up. Benitez is building something that is mirroring himself on the pitch.
Benitez is stubborn, (anyone else would have trudged off after all the flak he has been taking from the speculators that go with the initials of TH and GG). His side is equally hard headed. They complement the stubbornness with trust worthiness of making up for a dismal performance when the first chance arises. Alongside that, Rafa’s superior tactical awareness is coupled by some of his players skill and inventiveness on the pitch.
Gerrard’s superlative turn that led to the third goal was another reminder that alongside the hard guts, there is a heart that pumps blood and creates an excitable persona. Alongside Johnson’s legs, at the moment long is the wait for the next match.
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