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Just how good was Lucas Leiva against Manchester United? In an excellent team performance, it isn’t usually right to single out individuals. Match of the Day 2 picked out Yossi Benayoun – who was outstanding. But because Lucas has attracted a (decreasing) amount of criticism for not being Xabi Alonso, I wanted to highlight his performance. In particular, to the ‘wise’ fans on the train to the match who considered him ‘not a Liverpool player’.