Liverpool 1 Debrecen 0

The Champion’s League is back and Liverpool start with a win, and, while I seem to say this after every game these days, getting the result was the important thing.

Thanks to British Rail, and a broken train, I missed the first twenty minutes of the match, but I get the impression that I didn’t miss much. We gradually started to build some pressure and Kuyt’s goal, on the stroke of half time, was enough to seal the victory. Debrecen made a fist of it towards the end of the game, and, despite a few hairy moments, the Reds just about did enough. Job done.

I listened to a bit of the Five Live phone in on the way home and, again, almost smashed up the radio in anger. Things were kicked off by a Liverpool fan so negative that I can only assume that he will be on suicide watch tonight. His views were surely unrepresentative of the majority and yet the presenter took this as an opportunity to put the boot in. Apparently, Benitez doesn’t understand that Liverpool fans want to win the league. And what is the evidence for this statement? Well, he hasn’t won the league yet, has he? Absolutely watertight. The presenter, whoever it was, seemed to think that the only reason that they haven’t won the league is because Rafa doesn’t want to, and has nothing to do with the fact that there have been better teams. I don’t like anyone criticising my team, but I’ll accept it if it has any basis in reality.

Anyway, the important question for the evening is this: is it just me that’s never heard of Debrecen before?