Not surprising

I was not surprised by the scoreline. The "indicators" were there for all to see. Almost everyone expected a Liverpool thrashing for the boys from east of europe. When so many people expect a big scoreline, that's when it will not happen. Like I said, we call it kelong!! Otherwise how these "people" drive mercedes benz or beemers??? (notice I never say Audi...hehe.)

Anyway, back to the game. I felt Torres was extremely quiet tonight. He was not his usual self against Burnley. In fact, he had not been his usual self playing for Spain in the previous 2 international games as well. He needs to step up a notch soon. The rest of the team looked decent tonight though it was not a fantastic peformance. Given the context, 3 games in a space of a week, I suppose a huge scoreline was not necessary. 3 points was all that mattered in this opener. No point scoring 10 goals tonight and then go on to play poorly against West Ham. The priority is still the Premier League this season.

I was talking about Benayoun with some colleagues tonight. We all agreed that against the hard tackling opponents or the heavy weights, he will have a tougher time. He can be rather light weight at times. We shall see what happens as the season progresses.

I suppose Rafa has found his First XI for now. This is a good lineup. Like I said, unless Aquilani proves himself to be a good player, I think this should be our starting lineup Rafa should stick with. As for Lucas?? Well, at least he earned one free kick tonight. Not bad for a rubbish player like him...;-)