Party of Liverpool goalie's house The Spain national football team's sponsor, lager Cruzcampo, promised every member of the squad their weight in beer if they made it past the quarter finals of Euro 2008. The team well and truly kept its side of the bargain, and Cruzcampo has now delivered too. The players had a special [. Click to continue reading...

Following the arrival of Brazilian Diego Cavalieri at Anfield and with Pepe Reina the Reds' established and undisputed number one goalkeeper, it looks increasingly likely that highly-rated Scott Carson will depart Liverpool for good this summer. With newly-promoted Stoke City... Click to continue reading...

Okay, this really isn't that important. But I've been thinking and I'm a little bit puzzled why Pepe Reina hasn't taken the number one shirt since Jerzy 'Wobbelaar' Dudek left Anfield to join Real Madrid. We've had some wonderful goalkeepers... Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you trick people into unknowingly assisting in your bank heist....... Dirk Kuyt: Air guitar champion. (The Spoiler) The best name in European football now has a rep at The Offside. (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Offside) The cruelest yellow card in history. (Bundesliga Offside) Scottish football = not very good right now. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool overcame local rivals Everton to go top of the Premier League table. Everton finished the game with ten men after Tim Cahill was shown a straight red for a challenge on Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso.

Liverpool keeper Jose Pepe Reina didn't have one save to make all game and in truth the result never looked in doubt once Fernando Torres scored his first goal since the first game of the season. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri is keen to make his mark on the first team following his competitive debut against Crewe Alexandra in midweek.

Cavalieri made his senior bow as the Reds scraped a 2-1 victory over the Alex in their Carling Cup third-round tie on Tuesday.

And after getting his first little taste of first-team football, the Brazilian shot-stopper is hungry for more. Click to continue reading...

Pepe Reina knows Liverpool cannot afford many more league "failures" like Saturday's draw with Stoke if they are to challenge for the title.

The Reds were being touted as real contenders for glory after their 2-1 home victory over Manchester United, but they followed that with a 0-0 home draw against newly-promoted Stoke. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool derby win will confirm title credentials, says Pepe Reina

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina says victory in this weekend's Merseyside derby against Everton is vital if they are to be considered as serious title contenders.

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Tottenham defender Gareth Bale will be top of Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez's wish list when the January transfer window opens, according to the Sun.

Spurs have endured a terrible start to the season and currently sit rock bottom on two points from their opening five matches.

Having already lost Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane over the summer, Spurs coach Juande Ramos will be loathe to lose another of his key players. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's first choice goalkeeper Pepe Reina has reiterated his happiness and satisfaction at Amfield and has assured the club's supporters that he has no intension of leaving the club next summer. Reina came under some speculation this summer when there were reports that he wanted to leave Liverpool and move back . Click to continue reading...

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina is in a positive state of mind after his side came from behind to claim three points in Marseille last night.

Liverpool were trailing to Lorik Cana's opener before Steven Gerrard rescued the tie with a brace at the other end. The Reds captain netted a twice taken penalty kick to put alongside his fantastic leveller from 25 yards. Click to continue reading...

A draw would have been enough, so a win is quite and added bonus. Liverpool played well trying to exploit the gaps left as Marseilles pressed forward but the tiredness from last Saturday showed. Marseilles, on their part, were very good and had they scored an equalizer no one would have complained. Their attacking play was full of inventiveness and nice flicks but, fortunately for us, they were unable to get that final touch right. Click to continue reading...

Robbie Keane joins Steven Gerrard, Dirk Kuyt, Daniel Agger and Pepe Reina as well as former Liverpool players Peter Crouch and Jerzey Dudek on the list of Liverpool players whose homes have been burgled in recent years. Last year we dismissed the conspiracy theories but what if the people behind at least some of the [. Click to continue reading...

Robbie Keane has had five games to work himself into the Liverpool squad, but it only took thieves one night to make him a part of the Anfield family. Like Steven Gerrard, Pepe Reina, Peter Crouch, Dirk Kuyt and Daniel Agger before them, Keane's penthouse flat (what? he's a 20m player - you expected a [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has admitted that if he should return to Spain one day, Atlético Madrid would be his first choice destination.

The 26 year old shot stopper is back on his homeland this week to help his country prepare for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Armenia. Click to continue reading...

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Arbeloa Skrtel Carragher Dossena
Alonso
Kuyt Mascherano Lucas Keane
Torres

I am not used to Liverpool setting up shop to come away with a point on the road, and I'm not happy about it. Without Gerrard and with Torres going off after 26 minutes thanks to an injury, Liverpool were without invention and rarely looking like getting a goal. Click to continue reading...

Though we were not impressed with Liverpool coming into the season (a view that was not exactly expunged by their first few performances on the pitch), we didn't think qualifying for the Champions League would be anywhere near this difficult. We shrugged off the scoreless draw in the first leg as an anomaly Stevie G and co. Click to continue reading...

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Arbeloa Skrtel Carragher Aurelio
Kuyt Alonso Gerrard Benayoun
Torres Keane

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Kuyt 118'

These games are not doing my heart any good. Four games into the season, and the earliest goal Liverpool's scored has come in the 83rd minute. And Kuyt striking the winner after suffering a ton of stick makes it even sweeter. Click to continue reading...

RAFAEL BENITEZ insists silverware and not money is the motivating factor as Liverpool's Champions League hopes go on the line tonight.

The Anfield outfit host Standard Liege in the second leg of their third qualifying round tie knowing only victory will guarantee them passage to the lucrative group stages. Click to continue reading...

Pepe Reina is confident it will not take more goalkeeping heroics for Liverpool to overcome Standard Liege on Wednesday.

The Spanish stopper had to be on top form to keep a clean sheet during the first leg in Belgium, thwarting a penalty just minutes after a superb goalline save.

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Continuing on with what I started last week.

Blackburn Rovers v Hull City: Richard Garcia's equalizer five minutes from halftime makes sure the game ends honors even at Ewood Park 1-1.

The offsides trap can be a tricky thing and it was the root cause of both goals.

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Liverpool's Jamie Carragher has admitted that Standard Liege is one of the most difficult draws the club could have faced in Champions League qualifying.

Liege, the Belgian champions, held Rafael Benitez's side to a 0-0 draw in the first leg and with the two sides scheduled to play the return match on Wednesday night at Anfield, Carragher has admitted the Merseysiders are in for a tough night. Click to continue reading...

If Liverpool fans have dreams of winning the Premier League this season, they can kiss them goodbye. Today at Anfield, Liverpool escaped with a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough with a woeful performance that was rescued by an own goal and then an injury time goal by Steven Gerrard. This was a cruel blow to Middlesbrough who [. Click to continue reading...

If Liverpool fans have dreams of winning the Premier League this season, they can kiss them goodbye. Today at Anfield, Liverpool escaped with a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough with a woeful performance that was rescued by an own goal and then an injury time goal by Steven Gerrard. This was a cruel blow to Middlesbrough who [. Click to continue reading...

Fernando Torres, Pepe Reina, Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard have been shortlisted for this year's UEFA European Club Footballer of the Year award.

Seventeen of the 25 nominees play in the Barclays Premier League, a reflection of the fact three English teams reached last season's Champions League semi-finals. Click to continue reading...

Fabio Capello believes Fernando Torres is the best striker in the world, though he did not look it here. He did sink Sunderland and claim three opening-day points Liverpool barely deserved with a wonder goal seven minutes from time, however, and that is all anyone can ask of a world-class striker.

To the enviable talents fully displayed last season and in the European Championships in the summer can now be added the knack of appearing to sleepwalk through a game before bursting into life with one decisive moment. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool fans may well be suffering post-match trauma this morning after watching Pepe Reina single-handedly keep their Champions League hopes alive. Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! In what was largely expected to be a bit of a stroll in the park, Liverpool were made to look decidedly second . Click to continue reading...

Dirk Kuyt believes Liverpool's Belgian battering has given them "the kick we needed" – and warned Sunderland to beware a backlash tomorrow.

The Anfield outfit were fortunate to escape with a goalless draw from their Champions League qualifier against Standard Liege on Wednesday night.

It was an alarming start to the new campaign for Rafael Benitez's side, who were indebted to a sparkling performance from goalkeeper Pepe Reina that included a penalty save. Click to continue reading...

On the eve of the new Barclays Premier League campaign Reds goalkeeper Pepe Reina has spoken of his belief that Rafael Benitez has assembled a squad capable of winning 'the most difficult competition in the world'.

With hopes and expectations high ahead of the big kick-off Reina - Liverpool's penalty saving hero against Standard Liege on Wednesday night - insists the Reds have never been better equipped to end their 18-year wait for the title to return to Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Just a quick update on matches that took place over Tuesday and Wednesday as the final stage of Champions League qualifying got under way. Though there is still the second leg to play, there were many shock results put up. A pot that starts at £10million and could rise to £20million awaits the victors so [. Click to continue reading...

Pepe Reina saves penalty to spare The Pool's blushes Not the start Liverpool fans wanted. Liege should have won the game, but I can't see Rafa Benitez's team playing so badly in the return leg. Maybe Liverpool's ghastly green kit... Click to continue reading...

Pepe Reina accepts Liverpool must step up their game if they're to see off the challenge of Standard Liege and qualify for the group stages of this season's Champions League.

The Reds arrived back from Belgium in the early hours of this morning after a disappointing display in Liege ensured the third round tie remained firmly in the balance ahead of the Anfield return in two weeks' time. Click to continue reading...

Few teams in Europe can boast a spine as strong as Liverpool's: Pepe Reina and Jamie Carragher defying attackers, Javier Mascherano breaking up opponents' moves in midfield, Steven Gerrard surging forward to liaise with Fernando Torres.

Liverpool will continue to stir respect, if not yet fear in the hearts of Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Click to continue reading...

Never give too much importance to the results of pre-season friendlies. Regardless of what name is given to these games or the size of tin pot cups handed out to the winners at the end, they remain glorified training sessions where the intensity of training undergone by each side is likely to play a determining role

What can be taken out of these games are indications and sensations on the overall ability of a team, what their potential is for the coming season. Click to continue reading...

Who's the No.1 name on your fantasy team-sheet? If you are playing a Prem fantasy football competition this season, which goalies should you be scouting? Pies chooses six of the best: 1. Pepe Reina (Liverpool) Pros The Spanish slaphead is... Click to continue reading...