THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT MAN U GOAL...:

Carroll and De Gea backed after contrasting performances (Reuters, 1/28/12)

Andy Carroll finally shone and David de Gea had another nightmare in Liverpool's FA Cup fourth-round 2-1 win over Manchester United on Saturday with the former repaying his manager's faith and the latter being given the benefit of the doubt.

Liverpool striker Carroll, who has struggled since a big move from Newcastle United a year ago, did not find the net but used his physical prowess in the area as Daniel Agger headed in the first and then set up Dirk Kuyt for the late winner.

...which forced Dalglish out of his ridiculously defensive posture and put a couple minnows up front to feed off of the big fish. Once they finally get Gerrard on the same field with a three man front they'll get the best out of the big man, but knocking out their rivals was worth a significant portion of his transfer fee by itself.