45-minutes whistle blown. Half time, and the kop are now down by one goal margin, thanks to the man of the moment, Paul Scholes who just credited his 500 appearances wearing Man Utd jersey. Over the past 45 minutes was a nightmare for the Liverpool side. You can tell how Man Utd dominated the game with their accurate passes, exuberant moves by both of their strikers in Louis Saha and Wayne Rooney and several shots that made Reina's evening a handful one.
I feel very sorry for Liverpool defensive line led by Sami Hyypia. It was sloppy back there. To make things even worse, Momo Sissoko, who supposely acts as defensive midfielder turned out to make the defense department went chaotic with his fumbleness with the ball. Dirk Kuyt happens to be the only man upfront after Rafa Benitez decided to put 5 men at the midfield line. Having 4 midfielders is just fine and 5 is a crowd moreover when you have a clumsy man in Sissoko playing in.
For the next half, please, let the other striker in to play alongside the Dutchman. Be it Crouchie or Bellamy, as long as that poor little Kuyt doesn't have to face the big men in Rio Ferdinand and Vidic all alone. He needs company, Rafa. One more thing, bring Sissoko out of the pitch, and even better, out of the country.
45 minutes is a long time. Remember Istanbul? We could bounce back.
