Liverpool 3 Tottenham 1

Goodbye, Sami! After playing 10 years for Liverpool, Sami Hyypia has now played his last game for the Reds. He will be going to Bayer Leverkusen for 2 years and hopefully, he will win the league title that he never won in England. Despite not starting the game, Sami had a fitting farewell.

"A fitting farewell to send off Hyypia!"

With it being his last game, I would have expected him to start. However, Benitez opted to keep him on the bench. His idea was to have him substituted in the very last minute in order for Sami to get the ovation and applause until the final whistle goes. Well, it was a plan Benitez would be more than happy it did not go his way. With the fans urging for Sami to be on the field after Liverpool scored the third goal, Benitez gave in and played Hyypia with 7 minutes to go.

The scoring was opened by Torres after half an hour into the game. A mistake by Tottenham's defence was taken advantage by Gerrard and he found Kuyt free on the right where he had all the space and time to cross for Torres. With a nice ball in and Torres running free at the defence, he made no mistake with his header. It was a little bit fortunate as it hit the crossbar to beat the 'keeper into the net. It is Torres' 50th goal for Liverpool in just over 80 games. With that goal, he has reached his 50th goal earlier than the likes of Aldridge, Rush, Fowler and Owen. If Liverpool are to win the league anytime soon, it will highly be dependent on his fitness and form together with Gerrard's.

The other two goals from Liverpool came in the second half. The second goal was a very well worked goal. A one-two between Kuyt and Benayoun and then a shot from Kuyt resulted in an own goal by Hutton. Benayoun was released into space and could have taken the shot but he used himself as a decoy and passed back the ball to Kuyt to shoot.

Before Liverpool scored their third, it was Tottenham who scored. Keane raced on to a long ball after he was put onside by Carragher and he made no mistake one-on-one with Reina. As a childhood Liverpool supporter and ex-player, he did not celebrate his goal and was rightly applauded by the fans. With that goal conceded, it meant Van der Sar won the Golden Glove award. It is well deserved as the M*n U*d defence got a record of the longest streak of clean sheets. That's what won them the league. For Reina to win it on three previous seasons and come so close again just shows his consistency in goal and how well Liverpool's defence has been.

Within just minutes after Keane scored, Gerrard put through Benayoun on the other end and Benayoun sealed the game for the Reds. It was his third consecutive Anfield goal and that showed how good he has been of late. I am really hoping he will be considered as one of the key players and not sold this summer. I value him highly for his intelligence, ability on the ball, vision and commitment. He can win games for Liverpool. Keep him!

"Even himself can't believe he is moving on"

The game on the night was truly all about Hyypia. Before the game, the fans did a human mosaic for him with the word Sami within a Finland flag. The Kop also had a huge red flag with him in it. The whole stadium sang his name endlessly. 10 years of service, with total commitment and professionalism, Sami Hyypia will be sorely missed.

"Thanks Sami for 10 years and 10 silverwares!"

This season ended with no silverwares again but the progression was massive and hopefully it will be carried into next season. If the form of the past two months continues into the whole of next season, I am assured Liverpool will win something and something big! They have now experienced a title challenge and Gerrard has said they all enjoyed it. With the desire and hunger, hopefully they will be there again challenging and go one step further to win it. There are a lot of positives to be taken from this season and the future now is truly bright. Thank you Liverpool for another great season and may next season be even better!


"You'll Never Walk Alone"