Saturday 21st November 2009

Liverpool vs Man City Player Ratings

Liverpool vs Man City Player Ratings

Player ratings for Saturday's clash between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield.

By Abhishek Mehrotra

Liverpool

Pepe Reina - 6

Was in good form but let down by his defenders, particularly when the first goal was scored.

Daniel Agger (off 11') - n.a

Had to be taken off the field with a bruised eye.

Martin Skrtel - 5

Scored Liverpool's first, but went AWOL to gift Adebayor a free header.

Emiliano Insua - 4

Could have done better with both goals. Does not look like the finished product yet.

Jamie Carragher - 6

Stood up well against the pace of Craig Bellamy. News of his demise may be greatly exaggerated.

Lucas - 6

His distribution seems to be improving, particularly down the wings. Needs to work on balls down the middle.

Javier Mascherano - 6.5

A typically dogged display from the midfielder.

Steven Gerrard - 7

The most dynamic of the Liverpool players, as usual. Will be disappointed not to have taken advantage of a couple of chances that fell his way. They were tough, no doubt - but Stevie in peak form would have put them in.

Ryan Babel (off 19') - n.a

Hobbled off with an injury.

Dirk Kuyt - 5

Good link-up play on ocassion with Mascherano, but looked off colour for most of the day.

David Ngog - 4

A Fernando Torres he is not. Looked rather isolated up front. Was not confident enough to pull the trigger on the few occasions he had a shot.

Substitues

Sotirios Kyrgiakos - 6

Did a good cover-up job for Agger. Had a golden chance to grab a goal but was inexplicably beaten in the air by, wait for it, Shaun Wright Phillips!

Yossi Benayoun - 6

Did score the second goal but was not up to his usual trickery. Gave away the ball far too frequently.

Fabio Aurelio - n.a

Came on too late to make an impact.

Manchester City

Shay Given - 7.5

Put World Cup woes behind him for another superb performance. A reflex save from a Skrtel header was the standout moment.

Joleon Lescott - 4.5

His form has drained away recently. Another sub-par performance from him, highlighted by the failure to clear the ball leading to Reds' second goal.

Kolo Toure - 5

Decent performance from the former Gunner but had to be substituted at the end of the first half.

Wayne Bridge - 5

Did not have much to do through the game.

Pablo Zabaleta - 4.5

His failure to react fast enough resulted in Liverpool's second goal. Looked shaky throughout the game.

Gareth Barry - 6

Had some good moments, slipping in Shaun Wright-Phillips and Stephen Ireland a couple of times. Disappointing delivery from deadball situations.

Nigel De Jong - 7

Solid performance by the Dutch midfielder. Prevented Gerrard from inflicting too much pain on his team.

Stephen Ireland - 7.5

Looked very very lively, as shown by the second goal.

Craig Bellamy - 5

Not the best game for the Welshman. Would have wanted to take advantage of Carra's aging legs, but could not.

Shaun Wright-Phillips - 8

City's player of the night. Fast and clever through the 90 minutes, it was his fizzing delivery that led to City's second goal.

Emmanuel Adebayor - 7

Made a difficult header looked ridiculously easy. Was a constant threat in the air and but in a good shift at the back as well.

Substitutes

Nedum Onuoha - 4.5

Not a great outing for him. City looked undoubtedly jittery when Toure is not playing.

Carlos Tevez - 5

Could not make the impact Hughes would have liked.


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