Result: Liverpool 0 Sunderland 0 (HT 0-0)
Perhaps Sunderland fans should adopt that anthem (pun intended) after a good fighting display earned them a 0-0 draw at Anfield.
On the back of this performance, they could probably have added "we are Liverpool in disguise", with their backline holding firm against wave after wave of Liverpool attacks, reminiscent of the style which recent Liverpool sides have often been criticised for adopting.
All they lacked was a little bit of pace and counter-attacking ability, which could easily have punished a Liverpool side once again lacking in natural width.
The match saw the Premiership return of Markus Babbel at rightback, and his forays and presence down the right flank reminded the Anfield faithful of what they have been missing. He might even have marked his return with a goal and probably should have, but side-footed his shot well over from inside the six-yard box.
However, the opposite flank left (no pun intended this time) much to be desired as one wonders just why the right-footed Jamie Carragher was preferred to the "Oh ah, how did you score that goal" left-foot of John Arne Riise.
All this has not been helped by Houllier's insistence (or lack of options?) of playing central midfielders in wide positions, or in the case of this match, deciding on a diamond formation (which some fans might recall Leeds United used and lost 0-1 to Liverpool earlier in the season) that clogged up the middle of the park, and as the commentators rightly pointed out, making it so much easier for Sunderland to defend against.
As much engine and physical presence as the braided-hair Salif Diao provides, his ability and similarity in style to Didi Hamann is a worrying sign of Houllier's reluctance to set out more positively.
There was no doubting Liverpool's intent in this match, as their superior amount of possession and number of shots on goal (Sunderland failed to get a single shot on target) showed. But the Anfield faithful must have been getting increasingly frustrated as time and time again Liverpool chose to go down the middle instead of exploiting the wide spaces on the flanks, exposing their own lack of creativity and flair (please refer to Arsenal's 3-0 derby display against Spurs, and for that matter, most of Arsenal's matches this season).
Ultimately even lady luck deserted the Reds as Sunderland held on bravely for the stalemate and left Liverpool licking their wounds from a week of football that has seen them lose their unbeaten run in the Premiership, get knocked out of the Champions' League, and now surrendered the Premiership lead back to the Gunners.