DERBY match-winner Fernando Torres has hailed unsung heroes Robbie Keane and Dirk Kuyt for providing him with the chances to defeat Everton at Goodison Park.

The Spanish striker, who netted 33 goals in his debut season at Anfield, took his tally to three for the new campaign thanks to his brace on Saturday and was only denied the first Merseyside hat-trick for 26 years by what seemed to be a fussy Mike Riley call when Kuyt was adjudged to have committed a foul. Click to continue reading...

La Liga Champions Real Madrid are reportedly interested in signing Danish International Daniel Agger from Liverpool in the January transfer window, according to Spanish paper Sport.

23-year-old Agger joined the Reds in 2006 from Brondby and his present deal with Rafa Benitez's side runs out in 2010, with it understood that the defender is growing frustrated at the lack of first-team opportunities at the Premiership club. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has told the rest of the Premier League that Spanish International striker Fernando Torres will only get better for the Merseyside club.

Benitez has revealed that the 24-year-old is yet to reach full fitness after a summer which saw the former Atletico Madrid forward win EURO 2008 with Spain, but return to Anfield with a slight hamstring problem. Click to continue reading...

Steven Gerrard has warned his Liverpool team-mates not to get carried away with their strong start to the season.

Liverpool are undefeated in the Premier League and in second place after winning 2-0 at Everton, their best start in 12 years.

But with the Champions League clash with PSV Eindhoven coming up on Wednesday, Gerrard said: 'It's important to be humble and to keep out feet on the ground. Click to continue reading...

DELIGHTED Steven Gerrard believes Robbie Keane's Liverpool career is poised for lift-off after the striker helped secure derby victory on Saturday.

Two goals from Fernando Torres inside three second-half minutes gave the Anfield outfit a 2-0 win at Goodison in the 208th meeting between the Merseyside rivals. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have managed their best start to a league campaign for 11 years - and Fernando Torres has only just got his act together.

Captain Steven Gerrard believes the Spaniard is back to his "deadly" best after Liverpool "made a statement of intent" in the title race with their Merseyside derby victory. Click to continue reading...

Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool must reproduce their derby display on a weekly basis if they are to be crowned Barclays Premier League champions.

The inspirational midfielder admits his side have failed to hit top gear in the opening weeks of the 2008-09 campaign but feels the second-half performance in the 2-0 victory at Goodison Park has seen them edge closer to their best form. 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...

Former Tottenham's crafty forward Robbie Keane look to set be Liverpool's most significant transfers this summer, but in my opinion it is a another flying winger that would benefit the team most.

With youngster Ryan Babel already making an impressively vibrant impact last season on the left-hand side of midfield, I believe a similar type of player on the right-hand side would be extremely helpful to the side's stuttering attacking play. 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...

STEVEN GERRARD insists that Rafael Benitez has made him a better player during his reign at Liverpool – and the Anfield captain has also praised Fernando Torres for helping boost him as an attacking force.

Gerrard's ability to operate in several different midfield positions to good effect has prompted manager Benitez to deploy him in varying roles during the past five seasons. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham will move for Sporting Lisbon forward Simon Vukcevic in the Januray transfer window, according to reports. The Daily Mirror claims that the Monenegro attacker will tell the Portuguese club that he wants to leave after falling out with coach Paulo Bento, opening the door for Juande Ramos to make his move. Click to continue reading...

Juande Ramos is appealing for time and patience to end Tottenham's early-season slump but knows results must change quickly before it becomes a full-blown crisis. After a dismal 0-0 draw with Wigan at White Hart Lane the Spaniard denied a report he is homesick and yearning to return to Seville - from where he was controversially [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is ready to offer the younger members of his squad the opportunity to impress against Crewe in the Carling Cup on Tuesday.

Benitez is expected to name the likes of left-back Emiliano Insua, midfielder Damien Plessis and forward Daniel Pacheco in his plans as he looks to rest a number of his first-team stars when the Railwaymen arrive at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Juande Ramos is on the verge of leaving Spurs, according to shock reports this morning. The Spaniard took over less than a year ago but he and his family are said to be struggling to settle into life in England. As such, it is thought the 53-year-old is considering his future at White Hart Lane. According to the [. Click to continue reading...

Young Spaniard & World Nº1 Tennis player RAFAEL NADAL defeated American ANDY RODDICK in 3 straight sets - 6-4; 6-0; 6-4 - to take Spain to a 3-1 lead today in its semi final clash & guarantee... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benítez interrupted his preparation for today's match against Stoke City — in which victory would send his Liverpool side to the top of the Barclays Premier League — to spend four hours with a delegation of fans from the Spirit of Shankly (SOS) supporters' union on Thursday. The Liverpool manager covered a wide range of subjects during the discussions but reassured the fans that his future lies at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

MISFIRING striker Robbie Keane has been given a double vote of confidence that he'll soon be hitting the goals trail – by both strike partner Fernando Torres and manager Rafael Benitez.

Despite netting for the Republic of Ireland against Norway last month, Keane, who will be hoping to open his account this afternoon against a Stoke side who have conceded 12 goals in five games this season, has so far failed to find the goals to justify his £20million price tag since arriving at Anfield. Click to continue reading...

IF Liverpool's Champions League opponents are to be taken at face value, then the fates are suggesting a sixth European crown is on its way to Anfield.

After Standard Liege coach László Bölöni had berated his side's supposed ill luck in their qualifying tie last month, on Tuesday night it was the turn of Marseille striker Mamadou Niang. Click to continue reading...

Dimitar Berbatov. Yes Tottenham manager Juande Ramos is today blaming the club's bad start to the Premier League season on former striker Dimitar Berbatov. The Bulgarian international left White Hart Lane two weeks ago for Champions Manchester United in a club record £30 million deal.

But now we are four games into this new season and Spurs have yet to win a game. Click to continue reading...

Luis Aragones' worries at Fenerbahce grew a little deeper on Wednesday night as they began their Champions League Group G campaign with a 3-1 loss at Porto.
The former Spain coach arrived in Turkey this summer with high hopes, but a stuttering start to the league campaign was compounded at the Stadium of Light as they came off distinctly second best to the hosts. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez believes his side must find another gear despite coming from behind to secure a vital victory against Olympique Marseille last night.

The Reds triumphed 2-1 in their Champions League opener at the Stade Velodrome thanks to a captain's brace from fit-again Steven Gerrard. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso has promised the club that he is 100% committed to their cause this season, after a summer in which he was left in transfer limbo.

Alonso began the summer as a target for Italian giants Juventus and looked set to seal a deal when he returned to Anfield after claiming the European Championship with Spain. Click to continue reading...

LIVERPOOL'S latest signing Albert Riera has the happy knack of playing on winning sides against Manchester United - but the Spaniard insists that his latest success is down to the hard work of his new Anfield team-mates.

The winger made an instant impression by constantly stretching the champions' defence during Saturday's 2-1 victory - following on from the part he played in Manchester City's 3-1 win over their neighbours on his Eastlands debut in 2006. Click to continue reading...

Last Saturday, Ryan Babel probably enjoyed his best moment in a Liverpool shirt. Scoring a long-awaited winner against Manchester United is not enough to put him among the greats of the club, no where near, yet it will be remembered for quite some time.

The manner in which his shot went in may have been blessed by a touch of good fortune yet credit is due for both his positioning and calmness in a situation that could have easily seen the ball hitting those at the back end of the Kop. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has reportedly yet to receive the new deal that was promised to him by the club's American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks, reports the Sunday Mirror.

The Spaniard has enjoyed a turbulent relationship with the owners since their arrival at Anfield, yet recent reports had suggested that some kind of peace had broken out between the three on Merseyside. Click to continue reading...

THE Road to Hell' which had flared out from the Anfield tannoy before the game was transformed into the road to redemption for Rafa Benitez and his Liverpool side.

Seven league defeats in eight games against Manchester United since Benitez took over the reins – the other one was a draw – meant the Spaniard could have been excused for looking forward to this game as eagerly as uncorking a bad bottle of Rioja. Click to continue reading...

Well that was a nice way to get things going again, eh?

Blackburn away is never easy, it wasn't easy yesterday, but we spanked home 4 goals meaning in the last 3 games we've scored 10 and conceded none. It's good preparation for the midweek trip to the Ukraine and we didn't suffer any kind of Interlull hangover which we are prone to now and again.

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says victory over champions Manchester United could ignite his side's season.

The Spaniard faces a team he has never beaten in the Premier League and one that has frequently destroyed any hope the Anfield side have had of taking the title.

Liverpool's last home league win against their bitterest rivals was back in 2001. Click to continue reading...

Jamie Carragher has launched a scathing attack on Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, saying he has been sickened by their broken promises and profiteering.

Writing in his autobiography, Carragher accuses the Americans of buying the club solely to make a profit and says he is unhappy they have failed to keep their promises of building a new stadium and pledging money for transfers. Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex Ferguson has kicked off the mind games ahead of this weekend's North West derby, labelling Liverpool's £20million capture of Robbie Keane a "big surprise".

Keane moved to Anfield from Tottenham Hotspur in July for what would have been a Reds record fee had they not paid £21million for a certain Spaniard the previous year. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia has today admitted he will consider his future after been left out Rafa Benitez' plans for the Champions League. The Finland international has been omitted from the club's 25-man panel for the Champions League group stages, weeks after the club rejected an offer from Stoke City for the player. Click to continue reading...

According to the latest reports out of England, Fernando Torres is winning his race for fitness ahead of the hotly anticipated clash between Liverpool and Manchester United next Saturday.

The News of the World is reporting that the Reds' medical staff have been delighted with the progress that the Spaniard has made since tweaking his hamstring against Aston Villa last week, and are confident that he will be fit in time for the United date. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has today confirmed he has absolutely no intention of leaving the club to join Manchester City. The Spanish international is believed to be one of Man City's number one targets after the club was taken over on the final day of the deadline window, but Fabregas is not interested in a possible move. Click to continue reading...

Jamie Carragher has revealed how Rafa Benitez wanted the aggressive defender to be his enforcer both on and off the pitch.

Shortly after taking over at Liverpool, Benitez handed the centre-half a DVDs of Arrigo Sacchi's legendary AC Milan side of the 1980s and asked him to analyse Franco Baresi's movements and organisation of the defence. Click to continue reading...