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Can anyone find that article? A journo linked to it on twitter a few weeks ago, & I'm fucked if I can find it now.
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I think Optajoe put on there since august 2009 he has more premier league assists than the best player ever player,Gareth Bale.
I think with a high pressing game he is better than Ming. When he played with Torres and gerrard you could see that he was the only player on their wavelength. Nobody else in our team at the time was even close.
People need to get over the fact he was the replacement for xabi. That left a bad taste in the mouth but he was a totally different player.
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Well said. They also need to realise the way he played for the first half of the season wasn't indicative ofnhis true form.
I'd love to see him be given another chance.
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Did he play that bad anyway? I don't remember him really having a look in, he wasn't available for months and then when he was, El Cautious was too reluctant to allow Alberto's talents into his rigid system anyway. When he did start playing I thought he was, by and large, a breath of fresh air, give or take a few games where he was adjusting to things.
Actually, this is from Wiki regards his contribution:
Aquilani's first game for Liverpool was a 2–1 4th round Carling Cup defeat to Arsenal, coming on in the 77th minute for Damien Plessis.[16] He made his long awaited Premier league debut on 9 November 2009, as a late substitute against Birmingham City in a 2–2 draw.[17] He then made a 30 second appearance against Hungarian club Debrecen on 24 November which Liverpool won 1–0 courtesy of a goal from David Ngog. Aquilani made his first start against Fiorentina in a Champions League match on 9 December 2009, where Liverpool lost 2–1.[18] Aquilani made his first Premier League start against Wolves on 26 December 2009 and received a standing ovation from the Kop when he was substituted in the 84th minute for Daniel Pacheco.[19]
Aquilani next started for Liverpool in their 2–0 win over Bolton Wanderers, where he got his second assist for Liverpool, again setting up Dirk Kuyt. He scored his first goal for Liverpool on 15 March 2010 against Portsmouth and he also assisted Fernando Torres for the fourth Liverpool goal. He was voted man of the match by the fans on Liverpool's official website. Aquilani also gained the man of the match award in his next Liverpool league start, against Fulham in a goalless draw at Anfield. In his next start for Liverpool he finished the match with three assists during a 4–0 away win against Burnley On 29 April 2010 he scored a goal against Atlético Madrid in the Europa League, cancelling out Atlético's first leg goal from Diego Forlán by scoring moments before half-time. Despite a great performance from Aquilani on the night, Liverpool eventually went out of the semi-finals on the away goal rule after Yossi Benayoun had put Liverpool 2–0 up, as Forlán scored his second of the tie in exta-time to take the aggregate score to 2–2.[20] Aquilani won the LFC Man Of The Match award again after his performance.[21] Aquilani also played in Liverpool's last 2 games of the season, a 2–0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea at Anfield[22] and a goalless draw away to Hull City at the KC Stadium.[23] In total, Aquilani played 26 times in his debut season for the reds, scoring twice but rarely playing the full 90 minutes.