LFC : city or united ... we just love to hit three !!!

another massive result for liverpool to finish as high as they can in the league. this time it was the manchester in blue, united's neighbour who had to swallow hard .. 3 goals scored by liverpool at anfield.

a few days prior to the match against city, liverpool fans had to accept that they wont be seeing captain steven gerrard in action for the rest of the season. it's a blow for the club, already without agger, johnson, kelly and shelvey. and hours before the game, kyrgiakos was confirmed missing through illness.

fans, pundits and the neutrals has been second guessing king kenny's move. the worst position was their defense department. i thought that the king would play with three center-backs, carragher, kyrgiakos and skrtel. hoping that wilson or aurelio will come in at left wing-back and maybe spearing will be asked to play at right wing-back.

it wasn't to be as the boss played with a 4-4-2 formation and naming john flanagan, a 17-year old debutant at right back. not only did flanagan played brilliantly, liverpool won 3-0 against the high riding city team.

it was definitely a different performance from the man in reds as they were in scintillating form from the very beginning. suarez, kuyt and carroll attacked city's goal like there was no tomorrow. andy broke his duck with a powerful shot from just outside the penalty box.

he just let loose a cannon ball that was originally an attempt block from meireles's shot earlier. then came the second and it was a van basten-like goal. city defenders never managed to clear the ball and somehow the ball went right in front of kuyt's path. he coolly 'passed' the ball to the right hand side of hart's goal post through several players legs. 

the third goal and andy's second came from a cross sent in by meireles. carroll managed to beat a defender and just flicked the ball with his head into the back of the net. city never managed to recover and liverpool carried on to dominate until the final whistle.

injuries suffered to kelly and agger was surely a blessing in disguise for the 17 year old john flanagan. 2 hours before the match he was informed by the boss that he is in the starting line-up. in such a big occasion and against one of the best teams in the league flanagan looked like he has been playing for quite a while. a very good and composed performance by the young lad. it was his first game and the performance was very promising.

overall the team played brilliantly. another player worth mentioning is jay spearing. his tireless running and tackling was a joy to watch. he made up his small physics with his energetic display. along side lucas, liverpool's midfield was in safe hands. this left meireles with an easier task to orchestrate liverpool's attack.

suarez had a good game himself and was unlucky not to have his name on the score sheet. his shot hit the post in the first half and he was caught off-side in a couple of occasion.


liverpool will be away against arsenal in 6 days time. it is surely a test for king kenny as whether can he keep the team's momentum going. after the great 'show' against city, the gunners will have a tough time keeping liverpool's new strike force - suarez and carroll.YNWA !!