The Manchester United defeat was tough to take, not just because their our arch rivals but because we had hyped the game up so much in terms of we all felt we would walk it at Anfield. I think that may have filtered through to the players as well as for the first 45 minutes we were dreadful. We allowed them too much space to play in and we didn't get anywhere near close to the levels of intensity we have shown in recent weeks. As well as this when we did have the ball we didn't use it well enough at all, and obviously the sending off at the start of the second half killed us a bit, as it was always going to be an uphill battle from there. United deserved the three points on the day. But we have had a long international break and