Det finns väl ingen annan förklaring till att han bytte ut Torres mot N’Gog. Liverpool är nu fyra poäng efter City som har en match mindre spelad.
Det är bra mycket större chans att United vinner ligan än att Liverpool spelar Champions League i höst.
Och vinna ligan? Liverpool? Hoho.
Alan Hansen brukar vara på rätt spår, det här sa han i augusti 2009:
“I actually do not see United winning the title this year. Ronaldo just won too many games for them.
I believe that this will be Liverpool’s year.
Draws at home against lesser teams cost Liverpool last season, but I think manager Rafael Benitez has learned how to play against them. Instead of waiting to see what they will do, he has gone for what Liverpool fans expect which is to try to hem these teams in and batter them.
It was a style of play that started when they thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 in the Champions League and continued from there. It was great to see, and I can see it bringing the title back to Anfield for the first time in 20 years this season”.