i think the only reason why Zenden was on the pitch was because Gonzales has been absolutely shocking, Garcia is out for the season, Kewell has only just come back from injury and was a risk, no matter how talented he is. To be fair, i would've preferred even Riise on the left wing, but Riise does an ok job at left back, and we've got a solid back 4 that you don't wanna start tinkering with for the final!
Even Benitez has come out today in the news and said that Gonzales is on his way out, and Zenden is free to leave. He knows they're crap, but he didn't have many options on the left for that game.
Zenden irritated the hell out of me all game, he was taking far too much time to do anything, and was easily marked out of the game.
Pennant worked his socks off, but he still seems scared to go past people, and his crosses constantly hit their first defender. Our best two players were gerrard and maschareno, but that's just my opinion, it isn't neccessarily right
