Liverpool's December: Part Three - Liverpool v Cardiff City

Liverpool's third game in a hectic December came in the form of the much troubled Cardiff City.

Even though their opponents were struggling a little on and off the field, Liverpool could not afford to take this game lightly at all - concentration, focus and winning were what Liverpool needed to keep in mind.

And boy did they do that!

Last season, these were the sort of games that the Reds would either be losing or only taking a point from but in this game we saw that Liverpool had definitely begun to learn that these were the types of game that they needed to be taking 3 points away from - especially at Anfield.

What has been key for Liverpool this season is starting the games quickly and brightly, which is what they did here. They started off with a fast pace and didn't let up, giving Cardiff minimal chances and a lot to think about. Early goals have also helped out the Reds this season and 25 minutes in Luis Suarez put the Reds ahead and then off they went.

Liverpool played their game beautifully, passing and moving, keeping the tempo and intensity up all whilst showing the other teams in the Premier League that Anfield was once again becoming somewhere that would not be easy for you to come and play - especially if Liverpool were on top form!

By half time Raheem Sterling and Luis Suarez had brought the scoreline up to 3-0, leaving there to be only one question during the second half....could they score any more?

The answer to that was to be a no, but not through lack of chances. It was through good goalkeeping and defending by Cardiff along with Liverpool being guilty of not putting away a few goals they should of done.

The game continued pretty much the same in the 2nd half with Liverpool having plenty of possession and chances but it was to be Cardiff who got a goal pulling it back to 3-1 and giving Cardiff a little something to go back to South Wales with.

The game ended 3-1 and was pretty good to watch for both sets of supporters because even though they lost, Cardiff City gave as good as they got.

Cardiff fans also got support from unlikely allies, when Liverpool fans joined in to back up under-fire Cardiff boss Malakay Mckay although in the end it didn't help as their owner decided to replace Malakay with a new manager not long after.

If there was one thing this game showed it was that Liverpool fans did have hope when it came to games that could potentially be banana skins and when it came to their top 4 hopes and dreams.

Apologies

Apologies for lack of updates.

I have them all written its just I couldn't publish them due to lack of internet.

Will post everything tonight and then it will be back to normal.