Not surprised Alonso didn't play, but he should have done. Diao won lots of tackles, but gave it away all the time after winning it.
Kirkland - three soft goals in a week. Not able to see any of them? - well make sure you can see the fucking ball! Once or twice, fine, but three in three games?
Josemi is, at the moment, an utter liability. If he got in ahead of Finnan on freshness, fair enough. But Finnan HAS to play on Tuesday. (Josemi has suspension but it's for Newcastle). Bizarre substitutions by Rafa, especially over Mellor almost going off, but it was always going to be an uphill task. We'll spank the fuckers 5-0 at Anfield with our home form, when the wheels fall off their wagon.
Otherwise we tired quite badly in an even game but came close at the end. How Ferguson wasn't sent off I'll never know - he really is the nastiest piece of shit in the game.
Gerrard was average until late on, and how Cahill cleared Traore's effort off the line I don't know. Then, with Mellor waiting to tuck it home, Traore got a flick and the danger was gone. Martyn made one of the saves of the season from Mellor in the first half.
Sami and Carra were possibly the only two to emerge with any great credit.
Pick ourselves up, get Alonso and Baros back in, and win the four home games in our next five fixtures.