Liverpool defeated Blackburn Rovers last night by a convincing scoreline of 3-1 thanks to goals from Gerrard, Torres and Voronin. Rather than dwelling on the the goals and win, i would like to talk about how the man in black Mr Alan Wiley conducted the game. Ok, maybe the frustration Arsene Wenger vented out for the past couple of weeks towards the referee is justified by one man last night. Not that we, Reds supporters are not happy with the win, but we could have won the game by a much bigger margin.

We had 2 penalties turned down and a few free kicks not allowed. Blackburn managed to keep the goals in a respective manner towards the end when Santa Cruz scored a consolation goal, but it should have been 5-1 by that stage. I remembered the comentators mentioned about Mr Wiley’s appraoch towards any game that we will try to keep the game flowing and less card brandishing. I respected that but when special circumstances arises, he should be able to judge when to stop and give advantage to any teams. Good thing the Reds manage to secure a vital victory against Blackburn, but if the scoreline is otherwise…i am very sure that everybody including Mr Benitez will go on and on about the ref’s decisions over certain actions on the field.

Go westtttt…Mr Wiley looked harmless here (courtesy of FA.com)

Liverpool has been troubled by problems off the pitch. From Hick’s meeting with Klinnsman to Parry asked to resign and DIC’s bid to buy the club. Its amazing how the players can stay focused especially at the crucial stage of the season. Benitez has done a marvelous job at keeping the team together and they still have  a shot at landing Champions League by the end of the season. I do hope for the sake of Liverpool’s future that the unrest in the boardroom is quickly settled and lets focus on the most important thing…getting silverware and finishing on top of our rival.