MANCHESTER CITY - LIVERPOOL F.C (OFFICIAL POST)

This is a must win game Rafa will have to get his tactics right, and the players must raise their game but Man City will be thinking the same.There for the players who are up for the big occasion will be the ones who will succeed.That means the spine of the Liverpool are going to have to be up for it and I have all the confidence in them.

I've said it before and I'm going to say it again... this is a crucial game in determining our place in the Champions League next season! Many argue that we should concentrate on the Europa Championship but to me, I always get a rush of pride whenever I watch our team play in the Champions League! Believe you me, we will all have to get used to all the barrage of criticisms which we will all have to bear IF we don't get into the Champions League next season! Therefore, I hope our boys will play their hearts out when they face Man City this Sunday! We have done it before and we can do it again! Come on you REDS!!! YNWA!

Well, another disappointing game. Maybe the pressure was a little too much for the players knowing that it was a must win situation. I guess that was why even the better players were straying passes adding on to the pressure already there! But as always I will have to take the positives from the game. First and foremost, we did not totally succumb to the pressure i.e. we did not lose! That would have been a real disaster! The next most important positive that came out from the match is that the players we were clamouring for finally played! It was wonderful to see Ben Ayoun play after having a long recuperating period for the cracked rib after the Reading game. Things got even better when finally Torres made his entrance later. Perhaps it was asking a little too much from both players to have an immediate impact on the game but one thing is for sure I won't be feeling down with the result but I am surely looking forward to our future fixtures with a whole lot more feeling of confidence and hope! Come on people sulking won't get you anywhere. Pick yourselves up and have a fruitful and hopeful week, look forward to the next game in Romania. Love you guys! Remember.... YNWA!

reina was the best of the match, and thanks to him we got a draw, but guys... this is not enough...I'm glad torres and benayoun played again, and i thought if fernando had been on the field for a longer period of time, we would have won. i know and agree with the fact that he can't play for much longer yet, but we need him fit for the game against Unirea so we can beat those lions

This was a game we should have won, both teams were nervous nobody wanted to lose this game you could see this in the way the game was being played . Their were to many mistakes by both sides, the positives from the game are both Benayoun, Torres, got some playing time on the field. This undoutadly will make the difference in the next few games the team can only go forwards now. (so come on you reds) make the people happy.

The Sun's ratings:

MAN CITY
Shay Given 6
Pablo Zabaleta 6
Vincent Kompany 7
Joleon Lescott 6
Wayne Bridge 5
Shaun Wright-Phillips 5 (Bellamy 6)
Stephen Ireland 6 (Ibrahim 6)
STAR MAN - Nigel De Jong 7
Gareth Barry 5
Adam Johnson 7
Emmanuel Adebayor 6

LIVERPOOL
Pepe Reina 6
Jamie Carragher 7
Martin Skrtel 6
Daniel Agger 6
Emilano Insua 6
Javier Mascherano 7
Lucas 5
Maxi Rodriguez 5 (Benayoun 6)
Steven Gerrard 6
Ryan Babel 5 (Torres 6)
Dirk Kuyt 6 (Aquilani 5)

Man City gets a higher average... Do you agree with it??