It's a phrase I'm starting to use a little too often for my own liking here but there was a certain inevitability about this result. Our woeful league record at Anfield being the main reason. Liverpool simply steamrolled us and highlighted that they have to be considered as genuine title contenders now - Christ knows what the final score would have been had Torres been fit. Some of their play was sublime at times, particularly the build-up to their third (Keane's second) goal - a delightful piece of football involving Reina, Alonso, Benayoun and Keane. All credit to the Scousers - they fully deserved this victory.
What to say about Bolton? Well, one topic must be discussed, and that's Kevin Davies dropping to the bench. I'll use a separate post to rant about that one but it certainly seems an unfathomable decision by ginger Mourinho. That he came on for the second half makes no difference - Davo should start every game, simple as. The ploy to play Muamba in order to free Gardner and Taylor to wreak havoc on the wings simply backfired (in a huge way), though at least Megson has admitted this. The team simply couldn't compete though, as alluded to by Megson, it's the games against teams other than the big 4 that will define the season. It was good to see Smolarek get some action (and look impressive at the same time) - hopefully a sign of things to come. All in all, an (inevitable!) bad day at the office. Come on lads and get a result against the bloody pie-eaters...