Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers was the only person who thought Steven Gerrard should not start against Manchester United, says Paul Scholes. Gerrard was on the substitutes' bench until half-time at Anfield on Sunday, and was sent off after just 38 seconds of coming on for stamping on Ander Herrera. Scholes feels it could have been a different game had Gerrard started, and that being a substitute only added to his frustration leading up to his red card. Here is the stamp from Steven Gerrard on Ander Herrera after both players had competed for the ball Gerrard clearly puts all his downwards force into Herrera's right leg after the pair collidedSteven Gerrard started on the subsitutes' bench against Manchester UnitedHe was brought on at half-time but sent off after just 38 secondsPaul Scholes feels Brendan Rodgers was wrong to not start himGerrard's stamp on Ander Herrera was out of frustration, Scholes addsCLICK HERE for all the latest Liverpool news 
 Question:'_ were brilliant in the first half, but if they had been up against Gerrard then it might have been different.

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