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title: "The Chelsea v Liverpool Reaction"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/the-chelsea-v-liverpool-reaction/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Sean Dyas"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2012-11-12T22:28:44Z"
modified: "2012-11-13T14:15:01Z"
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# The Chelsea v Liverpool Reaction

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**CHELSEA**

**Cech:** Didn’t have much to do, but this wasn’t one of Cech’s best displays. A couple of times he lost his composure at corners when he should have really done better. **Rating: 6.0**

**Azpilicueta:** Looked a bit nervous, which is to be expected as he’s not played much. Did a solid job otherwise. Kept Enrique at bay.  Rating: **6.2**

**Ivanovic:** Was a very tall and composed figure in the Chelsea back line. I’ve always liked Ivanovic, does nothing fancy but gets the job done. **Score 7.0**

**Terry:**  Defiantly left his mark on the match scoring in Typical Terry fashion,  was unfortuant to get stretchered off with an injury. Always disappointing when you see that happen. **Rating 7.0. (**Substituted by **Cahill** close to half time. Did a very good job, looking more like Terry’s natural successor each game)**.**

**Bertrand:** Looked good defensively, however he is no comparison to Ashley Cole. **Rating 6.2**

**Ramires:**  Was very lackluster at first, until Liverpool’s midfield opened up as they looked to get the equalizing goal. **Rating 6.4**

**Mikel:** Very solid when breaking up the play, but let himself down offensively – per-usual. Also his passing was a little astray. **Rating 6.7.**

**Hazzard:** Seems a very driven individual. You could see his drive and vigor throughout the match. However Liverpool were very good at squeezing Chelsea’s midfield, so Hazzard rarely got a chance to shine. Nothing bad on his part though. **Rating 6.4**.

**Oscar:** Tenacious. Always looked a threat and was one of the players that made chelsea tick. Was unlucky not to score. **Rating: 8.0**

**Mata:** Quality, Quality player. Deserves the acclaim. Was Chelsea’s heart-beat. His skills were hard to deals with for Liverpool’s defense and Liverpool were very luck not to concede due to him. **Rating: 8.0.**

**Torres:** Looks more and more like the player he used to be. May have lost a yard of pace, but he’s now using nous a bit more now. If Liverpool hadn’t of concentrated on him, he would have score. But we are talking about madness their, you can’t give Fernando Torres room. **Rating 7.5.**

**LIVERPOOL**

**Brad Jones:** Confident display. Looks to be growing each games, however I’m sure Liverpool fan will be a lot more at ease once Pepe Reina returns back from injury. **Score 6.6**

**Johnson:** After going in and out of the game first half, Johnson looked to have more impact on the second half with his attacking play. I know Chelsea fan may have mocked him, but I reckon they would have rather had Johnson at right back than Azpilicueta. **Rating 6.7**

**Wisdom:** Looked a bit nervous in the first half, was a big match for the youngster to come into. However with the change in formation Wisdom looked more composed. **Score 6.4.**

**Carragher:** Got caught out a lot in the first half for pace, but Carragher was never known for pace. Made up for it second half with a very decent assist, his first since 2009. Not surprising. **Score 6.4.**

**Agger:** Made the mistake for the goal and found himself in very poor positions. Did a bit better in the second half. **Score 6.0.**

**Enrique:** Shown drive and ambition in the wing-back position, was caught out on a number of ocassions however that is part and parcel. **Score 7.5**

Allen: Was very poor game for him, didn’t have much impact. Liverpool need to see a bit more from Allen than just pretty passes. **Score 5.7.**

**Sahin:** Didn’t make much of an impact either, still trying to get match fitness after being injured a lot  for Real Madrid last year. **Score 5.5.** (Substituted by Suso, 59 mins. Youngster played extremely well and shown some very good skill and vision. looked as good as Oscar which is reflected in my rating. **Rating 8.0**)

**Gerrard:** Slow start, but showed the confiction we’ve all seen become as he took the game by the scruff of the neck  in the second half . **Score 7.0.**

**Sterling:** Was very tricky and shown a lot of pace and maturity. However was shut out by Chelsea for large parts of the game. **Score 7.0**

**Suarez:** Didn’t have much of an influence in the first half with the ball bogged down in midfield. Was his busy self in the second half posing a real threat. Great poachers goal. **Score 8.0.**