I feel vindicated.

It was the Benayoun-Kyut-Reira-Gerrard combination that destroyed Burnley. A team that beat ManUre a few weeks ago. ;-)

In my blog and also my conversations with people, I have maintained that the Gerrard-Torres partnership needs to be replaced with a Benayoun or Voronin-Torres partnership. Reason is because, in the absence of Alonso, we needed the skipper to fill in that creative role in the middle of the park. Mascherano is not a creator, he is a destroyer. Breaking up attacks and harrassing our adversaries. Lucas? Don't even go there..... So, unless Aquilani is as good as Rafa says he is, Gerrard needs to continue in the role. He is one of the world's best attacking midfielders. Look at the way he came into to box to augment the attack while playing for England in midweek and against Burnley last night? His link up play with Torres, Kyut and Benayoun was fantastic. I said before that Benayoun is a very clever player and he had proven last season that he can score goals too. His understanding with Torres is good as well. Only problem is that, he can be guilty of going to "sleep" in some games.

While it was a good team performance against Burnley, we must not get carried away with the result. These are games we need to win and win convincingly. Against heavy weights, Benayoun will need to prove he is as good as we think he is. Consistency is the key. Chelsea and Man City look fantastic at this point. Man United's win at White Hart Lane was not unexpected although I still think they will not be in contention this season. I don't think Spurs ever learn from their mistakes. After going 2-0 up last season, they eventually lost the game against ManUre. So, even playing against a 10 men last night, I seriously didn't think they were gonna draw level at all.

Whatever it is, we have 3 more points in the bag. Let's take it one game at a time. For me, I am gonna change my flight ticket next Wednesday and start looking forward to my 2nd Anfield pilgrimage come Feb '10. Will be watching the Blackburn Rovers game at Anfield!!