PASSING IT AMONGST THE MIDFIELDERS IS ALL WELL AND GOOD...:

Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool: Liverpool dominate possession but City score all the goals (Zonal Marking, January 3, 2012)

Liverpool completed twice as many passes, but City were more creative and ruthless in the final third.

Roberto Mancini was without Mario Balotelli, who often features against big sides, so went with Edin Dzeko upfront with Sergio Aguero behind.

Kenny Dalglish didn’t use either Craig Bellamy or Steven Gerrard despite good performances against Newcastle, whilst Luis Suarez was banned. Andy Carroll started upfront alone, with Dirk Kuyt out on the right.

A combination of little creativity plus mistakes at the back meant Liverpool couldn’t turn their dominance of the ball into a positive result.

...but then someone has to drive through the middle and some crosses have to find the strikers (and not single striker either). Mick McCarthy can play his B side against a Manchester club in order to save the other guys for relegation battles. Kenny needs to try and win some games instead of playing for draws.