The match was fast paced and exciting. A good show of football all round. Rafa Benitez fielded what looked like his reserve side. Babel has still not found form. I could count the few times he didn’t loose the ball on one hand. Besides missing an open shot on goal, the most he did for the match was win a corner or two. He made a mess of most of his balls, leaving his teammates to clear up after him. Skrtel was impressive in defence as well as Kyrgiakos. It baffles me as to why Benitez didn’t start Yossi for this match. Maybe he took it too lightly. Seeing as though the chances of winning any silverware this season seem slim, one would think the Carling Cup could be a good opportunity to lift a trophy. Aquilani made his Liverpool debut. I was thoroughly impressed with what I saw. The Italian showed excellent vision and ball control. I have high hopes for him and what he can bring to Liverpool. Some of the other Liverpool youngsters made their mark. Degen in particular got stuck in there and won balls. While Jay Spearing did a good job tackling and clearing the ball. There was a few shady decisions from the ref. One, a handball appeal which i felt should’ve been given to Liverpool. However, that said, I feel Liverpool were outplayed by Arsenal. The Gunners played beautiful possession football, and i feel theý along with Chelsea are the English teams to watch this season. The moment of the match was Insua’s equalizer. What a beauty. A goal Steven Gerrard would be proud of. Its Arsenal into the quarter-finals after a well deserved win.
Goals: Fran Merida (Arsenal) , Insua ( Liverpool) & Bendtner (Arsenal)
Fran Merida celebrates his goal
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