(only 1 goal) but entertaining match. Even if 90% of the entertainment was created by the French visitors.
Well done Eric Gerets. :applause:
He's been in charge of the team for how long now? A week or so?
The team looked transformed. They now have the belief and confidence they should have had. Tactically very harmonious together and great team-work throughout the side.
Apart from the last few minutes when OM went in 'nervous-mode' and Liverpool piled on the pressure to get an equalier (and almost did as well), they outplayed, out-passed, out-fought, outmaneuvered and simply out-classed Liverpool @ Anfield!
The quality of their passing and movement was simply breath-taking!! :eek:
Great 1st-touch passing football combined with each player running into a good position after making a pass which meant head-ache for opposition.
Lorik Cana and Benoit Cheyrou won the battle against Stevie G and Sissoko as they controlled the central of midfield.
Karim Ziani and Valbuena were dangerous in ways that Leto, Benayoun, Stevie G nor any of the forwards for LFC were.
A great result but for me, it's not the result that impressed me. It was the performance. I knew things would get a lot better for OM with Albert Emon replaced with a manager I've always respected in Gerets but I'll be honest, I did NOT think, I'd see them play this crisp one-touch fantasy-like football that you only see teams like Barcelona, Arsenal and Roma do. :eek:
Liverpool could've done with Mascherano in this game because Sissoko was simply not up to it. He wasn't reading the game well (only 1 good interception I recall from him) and looked lost almost. Javier's aggression, sense of positioning, reading of the game, better passing and superior defensive abilities could've given LFC the stability they needed perhaps in the middle of the park. Similar to what the Albanian captain of OM was doing so effectively for them.
Anfield crowd show their class to me once again by applauding Cisse when he came on.
Liverpool still have to travel to Marseille though. Go in front of 60,000 crazy fans and hopefully the sensational Samir Nasri who is the main 'creative' talent of Marseille that was missing today due to a virus I believe, will be back, fit and ready to go by then as well.
Fantastic football from Olympique de Marseille. :shock: :shock: :shock:
Well done Eric Gerets. :applause: :applause: :applause:
EDIT:
If Albert Emon was still in charge, they probably would've travelled to Anfield, play badly and get beaten and come home feeling like losers with this very same team and these very same players. :roll:
At least he sees sense. 
i watched it too!
