I think everyone knew deep in their hearts that it would take a great deal of effort and masterful performance to get something out of City and Chelsea. Against City we did extremely well. We matched their ambition and attacking prowess but we couldn't repeat the same feat against a Mourinho side - especially when it comes to underhand tactics. I despise Mourinho but i think he played a blinder in this match. He knew Webb would be forgiving for harsh play as who can possibly forget Webb's disgraceful performance at world cup for allowing Holland to kick Spain into the ground and allowing Van Bommel to walk for kicking Alonso in the chest. So he let Eto do that dirty work, knowing he has enough strikers to come in to replace Eto - whom i reckon, knew was going to get subbed hence the change of kits at half time. City allowed us to play, Mourinho didn't and that's something we need to learn and adapt to.

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You don't think a top manager like Mourinho who is meticulous in his approach to the game doesn't do his homework on referees ? The little details like match officials, pitch and weather conditions, and etc can be crucial as these elements play a role in the game. English referees are more likely to tolerate physical play where as other European officials - especially from Spain, may not like excessive physical contact. And as for physical/rough tactic, he himself said this post match. "For some weeks I have been criticising him (Eto) a lot internally for his failure to adapt to what the Premier League is in terms of physicality so if he had a tackle deserving of a card it was my fault because I'm asking him to adapt to this". I have no problems with his tactics because it clearly worked for him in the past i.e. Porto, Inter , Real etc. But to say that Mourinho doesn't resort to underhand tactics is to say Suarez is an angle on the pitch.

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I have no problems with his defensive approach to the game. He always like his midfield to be a workhorse and tough on the tackle. I watch tons of Liverpool and Everton derbies and there's always tackles flying around. But there's a difference between that and Mourinho's team setting up for aggression. When he was at Real, he did similar things to Barca - always trying to provoke and beat them into submission. I initially didn't think much of the challenge made on Henderson but when Mourinho claimed he didn't see the incident then i knew he was lying and felt its one of those Mourinho's tactics at play. Don't get me wrong, i see the merits of such tactics but i'm not a fan of it - especially when you are on the receiving end of it.

As for diving, you get no disagreement from me. I hate it and i cringe if and when i see Liverpool players try to make a meal out of challenges. But for me Suarez this season hasn't gone out of his way looking for penalties. He hasn't done a Young dive if you get what i mean.

In regards to yellow cards, refer to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...-red-cards.html

Of course you would back aggressive physical tactic as it's your current setup. But we're not talking about English physical game, that is a given. There is English physical and there is Pulis's Stoke physical. The former implies intensity and directness in the game, the other relies on attacking the players rather than playing the ball. Even Stoke ended up sacking Pulis because after awhile it gets really boring and ugly to watch. Now I'm not saying you are the new Stoke because i know Chelsea have enough quality to play sublime football. Which brings me to the point i made earlier about doing your homework on referees. Some refs tolerate excessive aggression others not so much. So far Webb has neither send off nor award a penalty this season, so if that's not a warm invitation to kick your opponents then i don't know what is. There were some very aggressive tackles on our players - the stud showing knee tackle on Hendo, the karate chop on Suarez (which i admit made me lol at the time), and the scissor tackle on Lucas. Those are just from the top of my head. Honestly i have no problems if that's how you intent to play and frankly i didn't come to this thread crying about it. My post was quoted and i feel obliged to reply. My concern is always about my team and in this instance, we weren't prepared to fight aggression but i hope we won't get Webb in your next visit to Anfield

I hope so. As a neutral i tend to watch your match from time to time. Woke up the other week just to watch the Arsenal and Chelsea match and it put me right back to sleep I believe your first half performance against us was arguably your best football this season ?

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Hmm just youtube COSTA, macam so so only neh, i also youtube J.MARTINEZ. I prefer MARTINEZ, COSTA goal macam old TORRES, finishing after receiving a good pass. Come CHELSEA cannot get the same type of pass gg.com. I prefer striker that can do some magic on his own.