Luis Suarez, Dirk Kuyt Lead Liverpool To 3-1 Win Over Manchester United

To this point, that other way has been Raul Meireles. Since Dalglish took over Liverpool in early January, the Portuguese midfielder has scored four goals, recently being named the Premier League’s February Player of the Month. He is one of five different goal scorers for Dalglish, with Liverpool yet to be shut out in league since King Kenny’s return. But of those five goal scorers, only one other has recorded more than one goal: Fernando Torres. With Meireles already tallying more league goals than he ever recorded at Porto, it seems unlikely the 27-year-old is really the second coming of, well, Steven Gerrard.

But that’s the ‘if all goes to plan’ scenario. It’s a similar scenario that should have played out on Tuesday, when Manchester United was better than Chelsea with the ball at their feet. But at some point, you have to have the will to win the game. That’s where Chelsea beat United, and that’s a trait that we’ve seen Dalglish start to restore in Liverpool. And while it seems strange to say this in light of what we’ve seen from Alex Ferguson’s sides over the years, this season’s United team doesn’t seem to have that cutting edge. They don’t seem to be able to put away matches like their predecessors could. They don’t seem to be able to take advantage of the match-ups.