THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!

Liverpool were in the groove from the start.
Torres seemed reborn from previous displays. And this was a man who was unlikely to start due to an ankle injury.
Maybe playing his old Madrid foes fired him up, but he showed the form of last season as he terrorised their well-established back four.
The backheel turn early in the game that left Cannavaro for dead was stunning and his whippet-like pace seemed to be back.
This was a snarling hungry Torres, berating the demoralised Heinze and proving his status as best striker in Europe.
Just behind him was Gerrard who once again showed that there is perhaps no parallel in world football when he is on song.
The technique showed for his second goal was exemplary and the Madrid midfield and defence didn't know how to handle him.
It was no exaggeration that Liverpool could have bagged seven goals, and the only thing that stopped him was the brilliance of Casillas.
I felt sorry for the keeper, he almost had tears in his eyes as the fourth goal went in.
He must have produced five brilliant saves, the tip over from Mascherano outstanding, yet he still picked the ball out his net four times.
He does not deserve his teammates.

It seems unfair to pick out individuals as every Reds player produced an excellent showing.
Mascherano was back to his snapping best following an indifferent couple of months. It must be a nightmare to play against him in this mood.
His celebrations for Dossena's goal was worth noting too. It was like we'd won the European Cup again.
He even managed to get booked for a Xabi Alonso tackle. The Argie really was everywhere.
Ryan Babel, rightly the source of fans' anger in recent weeks for some disinterested displays, bought into the party mood.
He showed regular flashes of his abundant talent here, skinning the full back for Gerrard's second and delivering a perfect cross for the skipper to crash home.
Bottle that Ryan, and serve it up again. You've whizzed past defenders of the supposed class of Pepe, Cannavaro and Heinze.
The pace, the ball control, the shot is all there. It's just the attitude and desire that needs to be maintained.
Kuyt offed up another excellent display, being involved in most good things that Liverpool produced.
And as Clive Tyldsley rightly pointed out, there were two worthy Liverpool full backs on view - with a run of games under his belt, Aurelio is looking more and more assured.
And Arbeloa seems to have added a willingness to attack to his game that, allied to his defensive work, makes him more than a decent player.

So how much was this Liverpool brilliance and Real Madrid blunder? Like always, a bit of both.
But this kind of exhilarating attacking play would have bowled over better teams than Madrid.
It just shows what can happen when you go for the throat from the start, not just after 70 minutes.
But then, it also helps to be able to select your first choice side.
It's only when a couple of key individuals are missing that the Reds struggle. It's the quality in the squad that we need to address.
If Torres had not been fit, it almost certainly would have been Ngog up front for this game. That's when the holes start to appear.

We could talk about the ineptitude of Madrid and the lack of fight in players like Robben, Snieder and Gago, but that would be cruel on Liverpool.
This was the sort of Anfield display that would have left the best sides in Europe on their knees.
It just shows what can be achieved when a cautious approach is dropped in favour of ambitious attacking football.
The pundits believed that the Reds were the ones who would be sitting back, protecting their one goal lead.
Not a bit of it. This is the way to win matches.