What. A. F*cking. Night.
Absolutely made up with that. Woke up this morning in the best mood I've had all year.
Mesmerising play from the lads. Keeper and defence did their jobs, midfield was industrious and solid, attacking players were simply superb in tandem.
Knew after ten minutes it was going to be our night. We were first to every ball and I was impressed with our tactics, letting them come on to us in harmless areas before nicking it off them and breaking in style.
As far as team performances go, it was up there with any other vintage home performance of ours this season, and this time against a top nine side. That alone should give bags of confidence the players ahead of the other may tough home games remaining this season.
Mignolet 7 - didn't have to do much but what he did do he did well, especially the save from Jagielka. Distribution was good too. Still sticks to his line when perhaps there is no need, but that didn't matter yesterday.
Flanagan 8 - this lad has been a breath of fresh air. Had Pienaar in his pocket first half, didn't allow Baines to have an effect on the game. Right now he is our most reliable full-back by a distance.
Skrtel 8 - arguably his best performance of the season, certainly in a game. Was faultless. Showed real aggression and timing in the tackle was spot on. Was reminiscent of his consistently good 2011/12 displays.
Toure 7 - did well, what I like about him is he knows when to go short and when to just smash it upfield- doing the latter even resulted in an assist yesterday! Defensively it was hist best performance since his early days here.
Cissokho 6 - was good defensively bar the odd blemish. Still very wasteful on the ball and a bit braindead but he was solid enough.
Gerrard 9 - captain's performance. Bossed it in midfield, great defensively, some excellent passing and the opening goal. Star man.
Henderson 8 - a very selfless performance. Still needs to work on his finishing but every other part of his game was very good yesterday.
Coutinho 9 - God he was good. Back to his mercurial best. Vision, twinkle toes, agility, creativity, tenacity... superb performance.
Sterling 8 - like Sterling. Did everything well bar perhaps his end product which was lacking. Still won a pen and gave their defenders a torrid time with his blistering pace and intelligence.
Suarez 8 - another performance befitting of the world class talent he is. Not only were his usual majestic skills and genius touches on show, but his understated hold up play also deserves kudos. And what a goal to top it off.
Sturridge 9 - two fantastic finishes, particularly his second. Put in a real shift too. Always such a nuisance to opposition because of how direct he is. Shame about the missed pen, but I'll cut him some slack.
Moses 6 - didn't have enough of the ball to deal them damage.
Kelly 6 - more minutes on the pitch without pressure should help his recovery.
Alberto 7 - played two or three excellent passes when he came on. As I'm feeling generous, he can have a seven from me for that.
If you were to mark Rodgers for his work last night, top marks for the boss. Got his tactics on the money and I felt he used his subs well too.
Liverpool are magic, Everton are tragic. They truly are forever in our shadow. If you fancy a few more giggles at them, go check out the OP on GOT in the match preview thread. According to that daft lad our Sturridge is a trumpet and Coutinho crap too. Wise words mate, wise words.
About to crack open another can in celebration.
Well played Reds!
