My ratings:
Migs: 7 One flap aside, he tries to be commanding nowadays, and what a difference from the dick of six months ago.
Can: 5 Painful first half, tormented by hazard and Willian and offered no cover by Sterling. Better second half, but why wasn't he in midfield, with Moreno at lb? Senseless.
Skrtel: 8 Despite what the great Neville said, he, and not Ford, was our MoTM. Comfortably our best defender anyway.
Lovren: 5 Continues his meteoric rise from awful to mediocre. That said, who'd have thought he'd make the starting line up against Chelsea six months ago?
Johnson: 6 Best fullback today from either side. Faster going forward than getting back, but doesn't the old fart still read the game better than most?
Gerrard; 6 Is it true we're after Pirlo? Why, when, if we want to play that way, he can still do all that? Spent most of the second half before being subbed as a dm though.
Hendo: 6 Irrelevant and wasteful in the first half (apart from one superb ball to Lambert), but his usual dynamic self in the second. Doesn't always have the composure and quality in the final ball though, does he?
Coutinho: 7 Great first half, not as consistent in the second and spent the last twenty minutes being constantly dispossessed.
Sterling: 7 Always had the beating of his man, frequetnly underhit/overhit/misplaced the final ball. He and Ford came through a fearful kicking in the first twenty minutes though.
Lallana: 6 The proverbial curate's egg: skilful close control - no vision or impact where it counts though.
Lambert: 5 made some fantastic runs into space - usually where the ball had been three seconds earlier. Made Hendo's pass of the game look totally overhit and over-paced, and it wasn't. If only we could put his brain into Ballotelli. Like the old days of Morientes and Cisse.
Subs: Ibe; 7 Strong, but not as tricky as before his injury. he'll enjoy the summer off.
Lucas: 6 Not long on, but did make several interceptions in his cameo at dm - more than Gerrard did playing out of position anyway.
Sinclair: 5 Good to see him - did absolutely nothing though. Not a criticism, we'll just have to see how he goes though.
Team: 6 Chelsea got the deckchairs out after a thuggish start and getting a goal lead. Hazard made balotelli look keen. Against that background, and considering the stakes, Chelsea were there for the taking. We barely threatened their goal though, did we? Nowhere near as positive as some are saying.
Bron: 4-4-2 (no problem with that per se) but leave the lb on the bench, play the rb at lb and a midfielder at rb? What? We simply can't turn possession into chances though. What a change from last season when we made multiple chances with lightening counter-attacks. Ah, but last season we had Flanagan, didn't we?/.... One more season, Brendan, one more.
but they have to get rid of Rodgers. Nothing personal as he is a pleasant enough chap. But when you do not succeed and do not achieve your objective in a high profile and important post you have to go.
