Liverpool - Kings of Europe?

Well, the mighty reds have won through to yet another Champions League knockout phase by beating Marseille 1-0 last knight at Anfield.
Our match winner again was Stevie Gerrard who scored his fifth CL goal of the season making him current top scorer in this years competition.
Fernando Torres, still coming back from injury, had a quiet game but for most of the match he was feeding off scraps and must have been very frustrated to get such a poor service. When he did get the ball he was isolated and too easily gave up possession. Let's hope this is all money in the bank as far as fitness and sharpness is concerned.
Marseilles played some very decent football but in the first half lacked any penetration and were too easily knocked off the ball. Liverpool were in command. However, in the second half Marseille came out with much more attacking intent and more than held their own in terms of skill and possession. Indeed, it was sometimes difficult to tell which were the home and away teams as Marseille pressed for an equaliser with that man Jamie Carragher having another immense game in defence, preventing many a scoring opportunity. Dossena on the other hand had a poor game and was lucky not to give away a penalty in the second half. Bring back Hyypia for the next match please.
Liverpool looked quite ordinary at times with some disappointing periods of poor ball retention and some poor passes. This is unexpected with the likes of Gerrard, Aurelio, Mascherano and Alonso in your team. They will need to improve on this if they are to go further in the competition and maintain their challenge for the Premiership.
All in all I think we got out of jail last night as Marseille were worth at least a draw. On the positive side Liverpool have qualified after two poor performances and can play a lot better.