Whatever. He's playing out of position and is feeding on scraps, for the chance he had the ball bounced up infront of him. As for Downing, why's he mentioned? Because it's customary? There's been worse players out there than him, Allen and Gerrard have been woeful defensively, and for all of Johnson's attacking brilliance, funny that practically every attack has come down his side while Downing (who isn't a defender) hasn't had alot to deal with.
Cole and Sterling have been piss poor at keeping possession and Allen has just lost every battle thrown at him. Poor decision to throw Cole into a game where we were desperately needing to get a foothold.