We must learn to do own dirty work

AND the moral of the story is; never let anyone fight your battles for you — especially when they can’t even beat you.

I’m sure there will be overdoses of smug Mancunian smirking, and the “Dirk won us 19” lie will be filed alongside that other tripe about Fergie’s perch.

But seriously; short of Reina throwing the ball into his own net (which would be regarded as carelessness, Oscar) how many advantages did this Arsenal side want? Aurelio, Carragher and Carroll off. Gerrard, Agger and Johnson still recuperating. Three teens and one munchkin barely out of them, a penalty deep into lengthy injury time.