adminexperts debate their strengths.
Phil Thompson on why Luis Suarez may thrive in the Old Trafford pressure cooker: “Luis Suarez has been on fire this season and is having the best goalscoring spell since he’s been in this country.
He’s electric and you can say the same about Van Persie at the other end, but these are the atmospheres where Suarez will thrive. You’ve got to be strong in the mind and that is what Suarez is like.
It doesn’t matter how big of an occasion it is, he will relish it and want the ball. He will want to turn defenders, not around the half-way line, but where it matters in and around the penalty box.
Manchester United, as with a lot of the defences in the Premier League, have been vulnerable, but it’s very important he keeps his cool. In fairness to him, over the last couple of months — and I know we had the incident in the FA Cup at the weekend — his attitude and commitment has been the same, but his discipline has been even better. I put that down to Brendan Rodgers and his coaching staff. When he goes out there, with what’s gone on with Manchester United and some of the players, he’s got to have ice in the brain.” David Fairclough on why Luis Suarez is more important to Liverpool than Van Persie is to Manchester United: “Luis Suarez is enormously important to Liverpool because he gives you more than just his goals.
His goals this season have been a fantastic bonus and something that Liverpool fans were hoping he might have done more last year, but this year he’s put the whole package together; enthusiasm, energy, commitment to the team. It’s so vital to Liverpool and we hope that more players can contribute. Clearly he’s in maybe the best form of his life and we need that to continue. I would choose Luis Suarez because he gives more. Van Persie’s a great finisher and that’s the key to his game, but Suarez gives much more. For that reason he’s more important to Liverpool than Van Persie can be to Manchester United, who have more people that are weighing in on the goalscoring front.”
Tony Gale on why he would rather have Robin van Persie in his team, over Luis Suarez: “They’re both outstanding players. They’re totally different in the way they play, but both outstanding players. Van Persie is just cold and clinical, he’s got great clean feet and he brings people into play.
The other guy, Luis Suarez, is all about deft touches in and around the area. He lures people in, but there’s no better striker of a ball than Robin van Persie at the moment. If you show him onto his left foot then you.re asking for trouble! Suarez is totally different, probably not as clinical at taking chances, but as far as beating people in one-on-one situations and making chances for himself there’s probably no-one any better. — Sky Sports.
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