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It was not to be a merry Hodgsmas for Liverpool on Sunday. The game followed the same formula that has been repeated ad nauseum all season: Liverpool dominated the game, but failed to finish off their chances. The performance itself was better than most – there was still a fair amount missing from Liverpool’s movement, but the passing was slick and the rare inclusions of Maxi Rodriguez and Dirk Kuyt gave them an intelligence too often missing from their play this season, although not for the full 90 minutes of course. Kuyt made way for Craig Bellamy on the 68 minute mark and Stewart Downing came on for Maxi five minutes later. The neat triangles out wide that had allowed Liverpool to probe West Brom were now replaced by the full-backs striding forward to find few options inside and the wingers blocking the path along the touchline. The ball would be passed on to the winger, who would try to outpace the full-back and knock the ball off them for a corner, which would, true to Liverpool’s history, inevitably come to nothing. I have made no secret of my feelings on Downing, now or when he was signed (although, having [...]
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