Man of the Match...

[Morse]

Reina

Finnan

Carragher

Hyypia

Arbeloa

Kewell

Gerrard

Sissoko

Lucas

Kuyt

Torres

Babel

Crouch

Riise

 

 

1.

2.

3.

 

 

Thanks.

[Sion]

Gerrard

Lucas

Torres

[Benitez]

1. Gerrard - now THAT is how he can play. Fec off Ingerlund

2. Lucas - a player indeeed!

3. Fernando Torres - he can save the goals for when we really need them.

 

Babel, Kewell, Kuyt, Alvaro and Finnan all worthy of mention too.

[Shirohana]

Gerrard

Lucas

Torres

 

for me as well.

[Coyler]

Agree with Benítez (poster)

 

1. Gerrard by a huge margin.

2. Lucas, to piss off Mike.

3. Torres, despite ridiculously bad finishing.

[5InIstanbul]

Gerrard - immense

Torres - looked world class, sharp as a tack and so unlucky not to bag a brace

Lucas - solid, classy and very accomplished

[TheLa]

Gerrard - Pissed it.

Lucas

Torres - Should've scored a hat trick, didn't. Still boss.

[Guest evil_billy]

1. Gerrard

2. Lucas

3. Torres

 

Without question...

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Gerrard

Lucas

Hyypia

[Alonso]

Rafa

Hicks

Gillette

[McBain]

Gerrard

Hyypia

Harry

[Bo Benn]

Gerrard

Torres

Lucas

[Gerrardrules]

Hyypia

Lucas

Gerrard

[MFletcher]

Gerrard

Lucas

Sami

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Hyypia

Lucas

Gerrard

 

Is that in reverse order

[So Cal Red]

1. Gerrard - best performance the captain has put in so far this season

2. Lucas - kept things tidy & organized in midfield. very Xabi-esque

3. Babel - fantastic even though he only played the 2nd half

 

honorable mentions:

 

- Momo - slow start but was a tackling force once he settled in

- Kewell - pure quality when he's fit & healthy like today

- Torres - squandered too many chances

[meepins]

- Momo - slow start but was a tackling force once he settled in

No he wasn't because Newcastle hardly had the ball at all. He went from horrible to slightly average. He was carried by the better players today.

 

MoM - Gerrard

Lucas

Torres

[So Cal Red]

No he wasn't because Newcastle hardly had the ball at all. He went from horrible to slightly average. He was carried by the better players today.

 

b/c Momo applied continuous pressure & won the ball right off them each time Newcastle had possession.

[Igors Uncle Dave]

1. Rafa (Against all odds and media pressure got a great result)

2. Gerrard (against all Newcastle booing produced a world class goal and a performance that any team would br proud of)

3. Torres (without doubt the best signing since Dalglish) he tried and kept going - put money on him scoring this week!!!!

[Stevie H]

1. gerrard - just different class.

2. lucas - got a right player here.

3. kuyt - put recent critique behind him and played really well.

 

hyypia, torres, kewell all played well too. good to see finnan back to himself as well.

[Stevie H]

2. Lucas, to piss off Mike.

oh yesh.

[jimmylibel]

I know others will take the plaudits today (and rightly so) but big Sami was immense today. He didn't have too much to do but anytime the ball came near him he won it.

[meepins]

b/c Momo applied continuous pressure & won the ball right off them each time Newcastle had possession.

No crazy person, because Newcastle are dreadful and Momo too was dreadful today and was carried for much of the game, the players wouldn't pass to him he was that bad.

He wasn't the only one mind you. Kuyt was equally bad, which is no surprise to me. I called for him to be benched ages ago and he should stay benched for a long time.

We dominated the game despite the pair of them and thanks to Newcastles ineptitude.

[So Cal Red]

No crazy person, because Newcastle are dreadful and Momo too was dreadful today and was carried for much of the game, the players wouldn't pass to him he was that bad.

He wasn't the only one mind you. Kuyt was equally bad, which is no surprise to me. I called for him to be benched ages ago and he should stay benched for a long time.

We dominated the game despite the pair of them and thanks to Newcastles ineptitude.

 

if you're going w/ the "Newcastle are dreadful" defense, then you might as well write off all our players performances on the day!

 

i'm not saying Momo was passing Newcastle off the park or anything... after all, he did concede possession fairly often in the first half... but he came out strong in the second half & did exactly what Rafa put him in there to do in the first place: stifle & frustrate the opposition w/ his industrious tackling.

[Flight]

1. Gerrard

2. Lucas

3. Torres

 

 

Harry was great too.