Another Europe Trophy

26 Aug, 2005 Liverpool 3-1 CSKA Moscow

BBC - Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse came off the bench to inspire his side to victory over CSKA Moscow in the Uefa Super Cup in Monaco.

Daniel Carvalho of CSKA played well last night and scored on 28th minute, giving CSKA the lead, and brought a lot of pressure to our defense. (Especially on the right back where Josemi was.) The first half was okay. We controlled the ball and created many chances, though Garcia missed most of these. The second half was awful. We seemd to lose confidence and inspiration while CSKA became more aggressive. And I still don't understand why Rafa replaced Finnan rather than Josemi.

Cisse came from the bench on 79th minute and rescued Liverpool. He scored with just some minutes left, giving us the chance to go into the extra time. Well, the goal was kind of lucky I think, and even his second in the extra time. Both were not perfect shots for him actually. And the last one, Garcia's header set up by Cisse's cross, was really easy. I guess CSKA's defenders were too tired.

Look elsewhere...I think Hamann was as important as Cisse to inspire Liverpool. And Reina made a good save in the extra time. We can't say Liverpool played well to get the trophy because we felt frustrated most of the time. It's not perfect, but I'm still very happy about it. That's the way football is. The result is always the most important thing. A good result here for Liverpool to win the Super Cup 2005, but it's still left something we need to think about it. Good to hear "You'll Never Walk Alone" playing again last night in Europe anyway.