Given both clubs’ respective starts to the 2011/12 Premier League campaign, most Liverpool fans probably would have settled for a point from last Saturday’s game with Manchester United. The Reds’ opening fixtures had seen impressive wins away to Arsenal and Everton, mixed in with disappointing defeats to Stoke and Tottenham.
Their opponents on the other hand had dropped just two points in their first seven games, scoring 24 goals in the process. They had already hammered Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea, and star striker Wayne Rooney had already hit the back of the net nine times on his own.
But when the starting line-ups were announced and Rooney, along with Nani, Anderson, Javier Hernandez and Antonio Valencia, was on the bench, Liverpool fans would have grown in confidence, and rightly so. With the Reds up against a midfield of Park Ji-Sung, Phil Jones, Darren Fletcher, Ryan Giggs and Ashley Young, they had every reason to believe they had the edge.
While much of the first half was a forgettable affair, towards the break Kenny Dalglish’s side began to have the better of the game. Luis Suarez was denied by a good save from David De Gea, and at the beginning of the second half the visitors’ defence looked uncomfortable when trying to contain the Uruguayan forward. At the other end, Pepe Reina could have sat among the fans, such was the lack of threat from lone United front man Danny Welbeck.
So when Steven Gerrard marked his return to the Liverpool starting XI with a well-taken free-kick with just over 20 minutes remaining, it looked highly likely that he would also shortly be celebrating the maximum three points. Rooney and Nani were introduced but by this time the momentum was with Dalglish and co.
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In some circumtances we can say Liverpool have the better opportunities the fact was of the players were not so well placed to score so have to consolidate with a draw that’s must be taken in great consideration to avoid the gap YNWA