One has to admit no matter how strong a team is and not matter how much quality is in there, fitness levels and determination among players can still turn the picture around.
The best example, one will find in the end of the season.Liverpool have a big squad , but also serious contenders for multiple titles.The Toulouse rout was a chief example of this.New changes coming in fresh and eager to prove themselves.Rafa has done something new here and tats what good coaches do.He did not go out and buy the best player in every department but got 2 good players in every position and now enjoys the sweet problem to mix and match.
Well Liverpool may still be about Gerrard, He is our icon and everything to us.But yesterday , without him we still did really well.I know Toulouse is no Chelsea, but we dominated the game just like we dominated Chelsea.And if everybody cribs , Gerrard is the difference , we don’t care do we.He is the difference, we all know it and we are proud of it.