Jenas miss proves costly as Reds embarrass Spurs

Liverpool 3 Tottenham 0

‘That was a bad miss, wasn’t it mate? How did you miss it?’ asked the steward, more in a poking-fun way rather than with a real interest in Jenas’s observations, which were not forthcoming anyway.

The England midfielder had probably already had the same inquisition from his manager and team-mates after a poor personal performance in front of England manager Steve McClaren was capped by one of the worst, and costliest, misses of the season with the score at 0-0.