The Liverpool Manager

  "I must say thank you to our supporters and I am really happy for them because this was a massive win. To play with 10 men for most of the game at this intensity is difficult but the players worked so hard and deserved this win. We showed a lot of passion and Luis Garcia and Harry Kewell scored fantastic goals. We knew what to do with 10 men against a physical and a good team. Crouch played well up front for us and held the ball up well and he had good support from Harry and Luis. Xabi Alonso and Momo Sissoko controlled the midfield and we did a fantastic job as a team." Rafael Benitez

  The Everton Manager

  "We are disappointed as we didn't play as well as we would have liked to have done. We had a mad five minutes when we found ourselves 2-0 down conceding just before half-time and then at the start of the second half. I didn't think we deserved to be 2-0 down but that's the way it goes sometimes. It wasn't a good day for us. Crouch caused us problems and he is a very difficult to play against because he is so big as well as being a good player." David Moyes

 

  The Liverpool Player

  "It was a massive achievement for us and the fans," exclaimed Kewell. "We knew we were up against it from day one with 11 men before the sending off. We knew it would be tough but we pulled through. It was crucial for us to score the first but we stung them with the quick second, although they came back well." Harry Kewell

  The Everton Player

"We've got to expect to win games like that and we were the favourites after the sending-off but we didn't respond to it and we didn't do well enough. We were in the game right up until half-time but even though we were a man up, we weren't playing well. Had we got to half-time at 0-0 then it would have been game on. The first goal made a difference but even before that we weren't doing enough as a team. Maybe we needed half-time to come so we could get ourselves organised and get going again but we never made it. We lost two goals at bad times and it was difficult from there." David Weir

 

  The Local Newspaper

"The midfield, so often where these games are decided, was instead dominated by Liverpool. Alonso, despite his own first-half booking, pulled the strings while it is hard to believe Mohamed Sissoko's career was under threat just five weeks ago, given his typical all-action, energetic performance. Everton's defence, and David Weir in particular, found Peter Crouch practically unplayable while Harry Kewell rediscovered a spark to his game that has been missing in recent weeks." Ian Doyle, Daily Post

  The Broadsheet Newspaper

  "Two dismissals and nine other bookings preserved the Merseyside derby's reputation as the Premiership's most volatile fixture, although when the smoke cleared Liverpool comfortably overcame the loss of Steven Gerrard after a mere 18 minutes to record one of their most convincing victories over their neighbours. Andy van der Meyde's unnecessary red card evened up the numbers for the last 17 minutes, the substitute disappearing after just five minutes on the field for flailing an arm into Xabi Alonso's face, but Everton had an extra man for most of the game and still shipped two goals. Considering the first of them was an own goal by a former Manchester United player, Liverpool have rarely had such a good time at their rivals' expense, and although Everton did make a game of it with Tim Cahill's goal just after an hour, they were finally undone by a piece of skill from an assured Harry Kewell." Paul Wilson, The Observer

 

  The Tabloid Newspaper

  "Gerrard's 17th-minute sendingoff could have been a hammer blow to Liverpool's hopes of finishing second, but as it turned out it was the visitors from across Stanley Park who strangely seemed more affected by the red card. And boss Rafa Benitez argued that as Liverpool went on to win, he can relax in the knowledge that his captain has learnt an important lesson without paying a heavy price. The Liverpool manager believes that if Gerrard finds himself in a similar position in a similar atmosphere in a massive game like the FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea, or indeed during the World Cup, then he will remember this salutary experience." Dave Maddock, Daily Mirror

  The Liverpool Supporter

  "To watch us control the 2nd half against a full strength Everton with 10-men and one of our best players sent off, to me shows how strong we are. We could easily have had four or five. That was the most impressive factor especially our midfield with an average age of 22-years old. Weirdly I was surprised by how no one seemed to mention it in the newspapers. If that had been Chelsea they would be waffling on about how only a team that can dominate a mid-table Premiership team with 10-men could win the premiership. The thing is, I think the manager and players will realise how significant this match was and will give us confidence for the rest of the season." CG99721, Liverpoolfc.tv message boards

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