5 things Brendan Rogers got right in the Merseyside Derby.

This is a counter story to the previous article titled, "Five Mistakes,Brenden Rogers made in the MerseySide derby" . The earlier article was a listing of the wrongs. This article will try to bring out the positives from Liverpool view of the Merseyside derby.

1. Playing Joe Flannagan

Maybe the headline, should have been, "Not playing Sissoko". Joe Flannagan provides the width and the crosses that Sisoko does not. It was very brave of Rogers to play this youngster in a match of this magnitude, especially in his unnatural position.  He must have tried it in training of course. Full credit to him.

2. Super-Sub Daniel Sturridge

It was an easy decision to leave Sturridge, who was recovering from an injury suffered in the mid-week friendly with Germany, on the bench for the Merseyside derby. Then again maybe not so easy, as he is an integral part of the SAS combination that has been terrorizing the premier league this season.

Either way, his impact on coming on, was immediate, scoring from an indirect free kick at the dying embers of the match.

3. The Final Surge from deep.

The frentic last 10 minutes of the game had everything expected from a derby: passion, desire and high drama. Liverpool having led for most of the game, were now trailing and needed an equalizer.  Rogers had his boy throw everything but the kitchen sink at Everton to get it. Boy, the neutrals did not want the match to end. It was pulsating end to end stuff. The change in tactic from Rogers, earned the point. Prior to the Everton going forward, Liverpool were pressing with a high line, thereby exposing themselves to counteracts.  Rogers deserves credit for shifting the game plan to providing early balls into the box from deep.

4. Match, Set Pieces.

Liverpool's proficiency in set pieces this season, cannot be over emphasized. A lot of their goals have come from dead balls situations and in the derby, all three liverpool goals, yep, you guessed it, were from such situations. That is due to great work on the training ground.

5. A Winning Mentality

This item is not a filler. Rogers has instilled a never say die in the liverpool team. Even in the Arsenal loss, it was evident from the way, they still kept searching for a equalizer. Many teams would have lost hope and given up. But not the Reds these days, the comeback is indicative of their desire this season.