Liverpool Vs United

So as I expected the Liverpool game went off with out a hitch and the United fans should be proud of how they conducted themselves. The players however will probably come away wondering just how they scrapped three points out of that one, everyone has been saying that to me today and they are right but I would like to point out that after Gerard scored the opener a bit of urgency came into United’s play, an urgency that had been severely lacking until then. Once that urgency miraculously appeared they were able to equalise inside five minutes so although Liverpool have been getting immense credit, and deservedly so, questions should be asked about the fact that they had very little to deal with in the way of a goal threat from United and still managed to lose this game. Looking at the decisions Liverpool have a right to feel hard done by, the sending off could have gone any way, I didn’t think with the first look it was worthy of a straight red and I still don’t now, it was harsh but then this fixture tends to throw out red cards more often than not so nobody should have been surprised by the controversy. Brendan Rogers was complaining in his post match interview about 2 penalties, one on Suarez and one on Sterling. Suarez cost himself his penalty, if he just trips over like a normal player would be no doubt in the refs mind and he would have to give it but Suarez isn’t a normal player he’s a diver, so when the contact is made he goes down like he has been shot in the back with a 50 calibre bullet. The arch of the back and throwing his head only serves to convince the referee that he was making a meal of it, which lets face he always does. So while it was a penalty I think its hilarious that it wasn’t given because which ever way you look at it diving is cheating and it’s about time these stupid tumbles (I mean when did the laws of physics change and having a heel clipped cause your head to fly backwards and your back to bend like a bow) started costing decisions as a way to eradicate them from the game. The sterling claim is an odd one to me, the challenge was clearly outside the box from the Tv cameras view but maybe it looked less clear cut from the side line or perhaps Brendan Rogers is just moaning because again this season he has seen his side play incredibly well against one of the big boys in the league and come away with less than they deserved. Now during the games I admit I am about as biased as anybody can be, any decision should go United’s way however after the final whistle I switch back to objective mode and tell it how it was, I am more than happy to sit here now and admit that United were shocking for probably 80 minutes during that game . I only mention this because I am can't believe that people can say they don’t think the Valencia penalty should have been given. Yes Valencia knew the challenge was coming and went down accordingly but nobody can tell me it was a dive, there were 3 points of contact, the challenge came from behind in the box and it stopped Valencia getting his shot away. If Valencia had rolled around on the floor or twisted his body around (cough Suarez cough) then I can understand the complaint but he didn’t he just fell which any player in that position is going to do. With the emotion of the day it was always going to be a tough game especially when you look at United’s recent history at Anfield so coming away with three points is excellent but the careless passing and inability to shield the ball won’t have pleased SAF, to often in the middle of the park United were shrugged off the ball and to many there were to many loose passes that had Liverpool been at full strength it would have been difficult to take anything from the match, Liverpool have a nasty habit of turning up against in the big games and United really didn’t seem interested yesterday which is odd considering the rivalry, perhaps with Liverpool struggling in the league for a while now maybe the lads don’t see them as a threat anymore but I doubt it, the truth is United were poor and Liverpool weren’t. In this league you need the luck where you can get it and United had bucketfuls but I’d rather them get lucky and take three points than come away with nothing, wouldn’t you?