A crucial away goal means the onus is now on Arsenal to come out attacking in Anfield. Never a popular hunting ground for teams playing us in Europe, it should be another explosive game. The Gunners are staring at another season without a single piece of silverware. Lose to us next week and it's all over. With this thought in mind, I am sure we will be able to break more freely and hit them on the counter attack.
Torres needs to shake off the ever reliable William Gallas. His marking of Torres was exceptional and Torres must find a way past him. Perhaps the employment of a target man will solve that problem. The other thing that I was concerned about as the way we were losing ball possession. Losing possession casually will only allow Arsenal to launch another wave of attack. They are always capable of scoring and we must be at out very best defensively. If the score remains at 0-0, we will go through to the semis.
I felt Mascherano had a quiet game by his own standards. We need to see a lot more of him if we are to beat Arsenal. Like I said to some friends, this is the Champions League and it is a totally different ball game. For some strange reason, we are always able to lift ourselves for these games. With a 5 point gap for fourth place, we can afford to rest some key players for this Sat's league game. Arsenal will be looking to revive their title hopes. That will be crucial for the return leg next Tues. The team that is in the best condition come Tuesday should and will win.
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