A goal in the injury time Caesar Delgado left Anfield ice cream, overwhelmed after the fourth consecutive defeat of the Liverpool (1-2), this time before the Olympique de Lyons, consolidated leader of Group F. To six points of the head, the equipment of Rafa Benítez was also harmed by the triumph of the Fiorentina in Hungary (3-4). The serious slip Liverpool was become serious in addition with the early injury to Steve Gerrard, that fell of its problems to pubis and had to be replaced in minute 25 by Fabio Aurelio. Also deprived of Fernando Towers, the equipment “network” was overflowed in the final minutes by the French physical power, that solved thanks to Gonalons and Delgado, that had jumped to the turf only moments before.
The Argentinean pushed the network a center of Govou in minute 91 and went deep in the crisis of the Liverpool, that did not add four defeats of one marked (two in Premier and two in the Champions) from April of 1987. Don't mention it he was worth the goal of Benayoun, the unique creative soccer player of average field for above, to the edge of the rest.
Benítez: “We must maintain the faith”
Before the watched letter of Gerrard Houllier, mythical technician of both squares, the Liverpool wasted two good options to sentence in the starting of the second time, first with a blow on the head of Benayoun and soon with zurdazo “bitten” of Ngog, substitute of the Boy.
“Now we must gain the three parties that we need, but already we have faced this challenge more in one go. We must maintain the faith”, summarized at the end of the Benítez shock, booed by its own public when it gave entrance to Voronin instead of Benayoun for want of five minutes for the end.
The following challenge for reds arrives Sunday, when it receives to Manchester United in the tenth day of the Premier. And their options to reach eighth of the Champions happen to remove something positive of Gerland within two weeks and to win to the Fiorentina in Anfield.
The equipment of Will stop Prandelli stays in the second put with three points of margin after its victory before the Debreceni (3-4) with two goals of Mutu. The Ferenc Puskas vibrated with one first half an hour spectacular one, with six goals (2-4) and until the end it dreamed about something positive, mainly after as much of Coulibaly in the final straight line of the shock.
The defensive confusions in both squares brought about a party of roundtrip, plagued of occasions. Nevertheless, the Montenegrin Stevan Jovetic, author of both goals before the Liverpool in the Artemio Franchi, it remained all night in the bench.
