Alonso is the blueprint. A way to demonstrate how a defensive midfielder or playmaker is supposed to move the ball.
To me, it's an interesting comparison.
So you're telling us Alonso is a great passer of the ball. We knew that already. You're using completely different conditions to compare, not that it really matters, but people have a bit of a rose tinted memory of Alonso over here, like he was an amazing 100% passer every time he played.
Gerrard tried alot of adventurous passes yesterday, so inevitably many of them didn't come off, that's the nature of his game - he does need to improve certain aspects and his game has definitely gone on the slide, but anyway. You said we didn't create direct chances, Gerrard and Lucas both helped put us on the counter attack many times, something our game was heavily reliant on (and it worked), Suarez, Coutinho, Sterling and then Sturridge were all picking the ball up on the break, quite deep, which is why you could say we didn't get many final balls from the midfield. Certainly not high up the pitch anyway, because it wasn't the way we were playing for the most part, the feeders into the box were the front line, they were the one's interplaying around the area, with our midfielders then trying to run beyond to support.
You're comparing two entirely different set ups, one where Alonso is afforded the luxury of sitting deep and spreading the play (in a more space luxurious league), and one in an environment that's built on constant pressing to force errors. And a Steven Gerrard trying to adjust to a role that Alonso has played throughout his entire career.
The love for Alonso is sound, just don't ram it down our throats eh, Steven Gerrard was a magnificent player when Alonso was here, and for all the latters passing ability, he wasn't close to being as rounded a player that Gerrard was, so comparing their abilities in the same role now, when one of them has played that role forever and the other one is really just getting started (after being an attacker most of his career) is a bit OTT and ultimately, a bit too agenda-ish again.