Very forgettable first half, but a lively second half. Some great play by Lallana, especially when he walked through 3 skates with the ball glued to his boot! The goal really woke us up and gave us the upper hand, whatever attacks they had were broken up with ease and turned into counters. Thought NA was a bit negative towards the end, looking to hold onto the 0-1, but that nearly always leads to trouble. I would have liked to see SDR come on for Guly with 10-15 mins to go as the skates were really on the ropes and i dont think they would have coped with the runs he makes.
Guly had a 'mare for me though, just didn't seem that interested to make things happen. He can be so frustrating at times! I would have given anything to have DC on the end of that chance that Guly fluffed. Before kick off though, i would have settled for a point and i think the end result was pretty fair.
As for people saying 'at the start of the season you would of bit someones hand off to be top by a point come Christmas', I can't agree with that. We are top on merit imo, and we have missed to many chances to strech our lead by poor performances. Everyone has a blip at some stage of the season, i'm just glad ours has come as we limp towards the transfer window. These last few games have highlighted the fact we have some big gaps in our squad which need addressing asap.
Overall though, it's ours to throw away, just hope we don't.