Good post! I enjoyed Rafa's Liverpool as well, but if 'his team' went to 10 men, he had Javier Mashereno, Xabi Alanso, and Steve Gerrard to shore up defensively... Never replaced Machereno or Alanso, in my opinion...
Let's not forget that Man City has the highest paid starting 11 in the business! But it was a drubbing! Liverpool lost their way...