TOMMY SMITH: Liverpool FC's Javier Mascherano is no scapegoat!

07 October 2009 02:00
NOBODY is happy with losing at Chelsea. But some of the doom and gloom and rubbish being spouted in Liverpool's direction is well over the top.[LNB]If you're asking me whether I think we can still win the league, the answer is simple.[LNB]Yes. Of course we can. We definitely can.[LNB]And as for people blaming Javier Mascherano for their first and decisive goal - well I just don't buy it.[LNB]Okay, he lost possession but the little fella is a really good player and had a smashing game otherwise.[LNB]Chelsea still had 60 yards to go to get that ball into our net from the moment they began moving forward from their own half, and while it was a good ball in from Drogba, we should have defended better than we did.[LNB]So making the Argentinian the scapegoat is way out of order.

Source: Liverpool_Echo