After seeing his side claw back a two goal deficit in the second half at Manchester United, Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson was then disappointed to lose the game 3-2 to a late Dimitar Berbatov header. "I thought our second half performance was good and we deserved to get back in the game. I think we were a bit unlucky to go two down when we did - and of course to concede late on was tough.
"We're disappointed but otherwise I thought we made a really good effort in the second half to get back in the game. Had we had a little bit more composure at the end maybe we'd have seen the game out.
"In the first half I don't think the front players received that many balls they could deal with, more because of good defending than anything else, but then the game opened up and there was more excitement for the fans in the second half."
Fernando Torres won both the penalty and free-kick which Gerrard scored from, and Hodgson added: "Fernando is still a player who needs more games, time and training - but we'll get a lot of tremendous use out of him for the rest of the season."
