(NEWS) GERRARD WINS MAN OF MATCH AWARD,STEVIE: VILLA WINNER WAS SO IMPORTANT
Steven Gerrard was voted Liverpool's star performer during the 2-1 win over Aston Villa at the weekend by the Reds fans
Liverpool top three players v Aston Villa...
1. Steven Gerrard. No disputing the man of the match. A truly sensational free-kick to give his side the three points.
2. Fernando Torres. 'El Nino' was lively and gave the Villa centre halves a torrid time with his clever movements and touches. Unlucky not to score on his debut.
3. Dirk Kuyt. As always he worked his socks off for the team cause and his link-up play with Torres was very encouraging for the season ahead...
"I was getting flashbacks to the Middlesbrough game two years ago both from a personal and team point of view," said Gerrard.
"I had a load of chances to score, just like in that game, and the one worry when all the celebrations died down is we know we should have had the game won earlier.
"But the main thing is we did win and deserved it. The performance was, at times, very good.
"I know it's early but I hope it turns out to be one of the most important goals this season because all the lads have been saying through pre-season how much we wanted a good start.
"To have not won that game would have been devastating for us after the way we played, but now we feel we can build some momentum, and that's been shown to be so important in this league.
"You just can't afford to fall behind to the leaders like we have in the past.
"That's why you could see how much it meant to us to win and we were buzzing in the dressing room afterwards.
"It was pleasing to see so many good all-round performances on Saturday. Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel did really well." |
發表於 2007-8-14 02:21 AM
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