Another year, another chance to see whether Liverpool really do have a side capable of prolonging a Premiership challenge beyond the first round of carol singers. And on today’s showing at the Stadium of Light, where Fernando Torres’ 81st minute thunderbolt secured a scarcely deserved three points, it is tempting to conclude that for all the talk of Liverpool’s extra “cutting edge”, the same old problems persist with Rafa Benitez’s side. Benitez had admitted in the week that he had been surprised and disappointed by his side’s insipid performance away to Belgian champions Standard Liege on Wednesday and, predictably, made two surprising alterations from that line up. If Steven Gerrard’s inclusion from the start was hardly a shock, the fact that it was Damian Plessis- and not Xabi Alonso- who partnered him raised more than a...
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