I thought the reaction Liverpool showed after that sending off, was a disgrace. There were quite a number of games this season, were teams got points with 10 men. But Liverpool never tried. They never even thought of trying.
Shocking body language from Benitez. Shocking performance from the team in response.
In the end Liverpool bowed to United, who dominated them from the first to the last minute, and deserved every last bit of their win.

The Mascherano sending off, though not key for the result, might be seen as harsh. But I felt it was the repeated dissent that really got him off. Shouting, abusing, the ref on any given occasion. The actual incident was just the final nail.
And instead of hammering down on the ref for punishing purely unacceptable behavior, I hoped the media would hammer down on every piece of dissent past, present and future, so that dissent will finally disappear from the game.

Iamjoe, York,