There's no 'probably' about it, manure were thoroughly humiliated on their own ground. Their crown hasn't just slipped, it's fallen off and sunk into the abyss. We're clearly massively superior to them now, and they'll be looking at UEFA Cup football for the foreseeable future. Liverpool were dull to watch a manager ago, but that's not the case under Rafa at all.
Alonso is the most accurate passer of the ball in Europe, but actually watching the games is necessary to appreciate that point, of course. The striker situation will be sorted out in the summer. Owen will be falling over himself to return to Anfield, Cisse's days in a red shirt are numbered, and Mellor will no doubt prove the talent we've only glimpsed so far with his spell on loan at Wigan. Le Tallec is also playing well on loan this season, and there are few strikers in the Premiership at the moment that could match Pongolle's ability - his lack of height in the box is his only real flaw.
Kromkamp is nowhere near Finnan's standard at the moment. A handful of international caps and some experience of playing in a weak league makes that pretty obvious. Whether he proves worthy of a regular start at some point in the future remains to be seen, but he's got quite some way to go yet.
Liverpool are building, manure are crumbling. And it's a pleasure to see.
