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

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.If you're asking me whether I think we can still win the league, the answer is simple.Yes. Of course we can. We definitely can.And as for people blaming Javier Mascherano for their first and decisive goal - well I just don't buy it.Okay, he lost possession but the little fella is a really good player and had a smashing game otherwise.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.So making the Argentinian the scapegoat is way out of order.

Source: Liverpool_Echo