Make no mistake, Chelsea have one more point today because of a shocking bad refereeing decision and nothing more. Liverpool proved what a new force they are by controlling Abromoviches millions and were so so unlucky not to walk away with all three points.
Fernando Torres got of the mark in great style, scoring a great goal on his Anfield debut, against the team that looks most likely the team that must be overcome this season if Liverpool Fc are to win the Premiership. He picked up an injury just before half time that seemed to affect his second half performance but what we seen in the first half shows why Benitez shelled out the big bucks for him. His goal came from a Steven Gerrard pass, but it was the way that he rounded the defender and clinically beat Peter Cech, one of the best keepers in the world, was magical and can only give the player confidence for the future, because if he can make the Chelsea defence look so ordinary then he should have no problem with the rest of the Prem.
The game itself was a little bad tempered but i think fans from both sides would agree that it did not warrant eight yellow cards and a penalty that clearly never was, but this is football and as unjust as Rob Styles decision was against Liverpool you have to take the good with the bad, but it really was very bad judgement and cost the team that played far better on the day victory, and more important the full three points.
From both managers points of view, Rafa Benitez will be the happier man because he knows that only a poor referee decision cost him the full three points and he still has players to come into the team, as he is slowly integrating his new signings into the team. Ryan Babel looks like a mouth watering proposition, in his few cameo appearances he really has looked the real deal and when Benitez feels that he is accustomed enough to his new club and begins to actually start games it will really increase Liverpools attack, and there are others, Yossi Benayoun has not really featured yet but his creativity will be a huge improvement on the current attack. Rafa has others like Kewell, Leto, Lucas and Andriy Voronin to unleash on the Premiership. I expect the preferred starting line-up in the big games to be similar to today with maybe Mascherano included, but when the new players establish themselves look out for Babel and Benayoun, i really think these two players are the ones to take us to the next level.
It was disappointing that we did not beat Chelsea, but what we can take away from it is the confidence that we are the better team, we can only control how we play not the way a bad ref thinks, and also we must think how Chelsea and their self pro-claimed special one feels after this game, that their manager or the players are not so special anymore because at Anfield they were shown to be the second best team on the day.
If Benitez can instill in his players the belief that they really are the best team in the Premiership and that they fear no team and can produce displays like they did against Chelsea, then no amount of silly refereeing will stop them from winning the Premiership crown.
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