Well then...
Arriving at Oxford Road station this morning was pretty intense. Full of police looking to keep the two sets of fans separated. You could cut the tension with a knife. Our fans were fantastic though, singing and chanting on a constant basis; especially once we got onto the train to the stadium, doing the Torres bounce en masse really seemed to intimidate the odd manc that had been caught up in the middle of it all.
As for the match, the penalty decision was (as Kenny said on BBC Radio Five Live after the game) a joke! It was horrible to concede a penalty in the first minute anyway but to do so in an unjust manner was a real kick in the teeth. For a split second I thought Pepe Reina had saved it too, but it really seemed to demoralise our fans throughout the early stages of the game. I don't think there can be too many complaints about Gerrard's sending off, but the game was more or less gone after that sadly. What is frustrating though is if the referee had rightly booked Berbatov for diving at the start, we would still have had a fighting chance of getting the draw at least. Martin Kelly stood out and in my opinion should be a regular starter over Johnson any day of the week. Overall considering we played with ten men for most of the match the team did quite well. I can already tell that our away form is going to improve under Kenny, (well hopefully anyway)!
Our support was once again fantastic, outsinging them throughout the match, even after the final whistle. What is more, you never hear a peep out of their lot when they've lost at Anfield. What really disappointed me however was the sheer volume of people joining in with the disgusting chants about the Munich air disaster. These idiots are mocking the deaths of fellow human beings, and a former Liverpool captain! It seemed to me that the just over half of the upper East Stand were participating in this vile chant. Saddening is an understatement.
I'm still very encouraged after the performance of today though, and confident Kenny Dalglish can turn our fortunes around. There was a renewed buzz throughout the team today, lets hope it continues!
(clap, clap, clap clap clap, clap clap clap clap, DALGLISH).