Goal-shy Liverpool dumped out

Benfica did the unthinkable in Anfield tonight by scoring twice and not conceeding a goal, resulting in dumping a blunt Liverpool out of the Champions League.

So much for Anfield being a fortress where goals are difficult to come by for away teams! The home team is only perpetuating the fact that it them who can't score.

Cup holders Liverpool have only themselves to blame for failing to convert the numerous chances they had. It has been apparent for sometime now that Liverpool have a serious problem in scoring.

It's strikers just simply could not find the back of the net. And today that problem came back to haunt them and ended in them tamely surrendering their trophy.

If this situation is to continue, I think the club can forget its dreams of winning the FA Cup and taking the second spot in the league.

Maybe the manager should just give a chance to some of the young reserve strikers in the coming games. Surely they can't do much worse than the first team strikers!

Whatever it is, it is now important for the team to pick itself up and start performing well in the league and the FA Cup.

And maybe in the summer, the manager will get the fund he needs to buy a truly world class striker.

After tonight's defeat, Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez said:

"We can beat teams but you need to score before them. Now we have two
competitions and we need to keep going."

All the best to you Rafa but I bet you that you can't do that with the strikers you have now. I sincerely hope he can prove me wrong.

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