RIERA BANNED AFTER OUTBURST

Riera in the dock

Albert Riera has been banned from Anfield until Monday and will be finned at least two weeks wages by furious boss Rafa Benitez.
Complaining about his treatment by the boss, Riera said: "He's never sorted out a situation with a player by talking with him. He thinks he's in charge and everything else falls on deaf ears. His dialogue with the players is practically nil."
Scathing remarks for a player who has never quite lived up to his potential.
In fact, he is determined to leave the "sinking ship.." as he calls our beloved club.
Well ta ra Albert. We don't need people like you at Liverpool, clear off.

LIVERPOOL AIM TO OVERCOME LILLE HAZARD

Aquilani hopes to be fit

Liverpool face Lille at Anfield tomorrow night hoping to overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in France.
The Reds played well enough in Lille only to concede from a late free kick from that man, Hazard.
He is their play maker so we will have to pay close attention to him tomorrow night.
After Monday's fabulous performance in beating Portmouth, Rafa today suggested that a more cautious performance will be required to overcome the French side.
Man of the match against Pompey, Alberto Aquilani may be the one to miss out.
The classy Italian, who finally produced a display of quality and capped it with his first goal for Liverpool has been struck down with a virus which may rule him out of Thursday's game.
Many pundits felt that he would have been replaced by Lucas in any case as a more robust midfield is Benitez' prefered option.
Liverpool need to score twice,at least, on Thursday.
But we dare not concede an away goal or we will face an uphill battle to win the tie.
They say 'the best form of defence is attack' and most people would agree with that dictum.
So Rafa faces a tricky decision, does he go all out for the win and risk giving away an away goal or does he play it cagey, solid in defence and hope to catch Lille on the break?
I say: Go for it Rafa! Let the team play like we did on Monday and we can beat anyone.
 

LIVERPOOL 4-0 UP!

Torres got two

Liverpool are 4-0 up with ten minutes to go at Anfield.
In what is our best display in months, Liverpool scored 3 goals in 6 first half minutes.
First Fernando Torres converted a pass from Maxi into a goal.
Two minutes later Ryan Babel scored in the box, then Aquilani scored his first Liverpool goal with a well-struck shot.
In the second half Liverpool struck again when Torres scored a trademark goal for his 15th of the season.

AQUILANI STARTS FOR LIVERPOOL

Alberto Aquilani starts in the middle for the Reds tonight instead of Lucas while Ryan Babel retains his place in the side against Portsmouth.

The Reds side in full is:
Reina, Insua, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Mascherano, Aquilani, Gerrard, Babel, Rodriguez, Torres.

Subs: Cavalieri, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Benayoun, Kuyt, Lucas, Kelly.