Rafa Benitez is wary of the threat 20-goal Darren Bent will pose when Sunderland visit Anfield on Sunday.
The striker has fired 20 times in 31 Premier League appearances so far this term and Benitez knows his defenders will have to be at their best if Liverpool are to avenge October's 1-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light.

Some things are best forgotten... (Image link.) After perhaps the most bizarre highlight of our season at The Stadium Of Light back in October when a giant Liverpool beach ball helped Darren Bent fool Pepe Reina and seal a win for Sunderland, Sunday marks the day for appropriate revenge and a fixture where a much needed three [.

Football has become big business. Why else would we play with this horrible beach ball? Wasn't the ball we had 4 years back good enough? Or 8 years back? Etc etc. And did you pick up the fact that only Nike supported players complained about the ball? None of the [read more]

Robben then went for a two-week holiday to Curacao, where he did not kick anything more than a beach ball. Returning home fresh and fit, he went through a routine pre-season test and was diagnosed with a 5cm "hole" in his thigh muscle, forcing him to miss training for at least two months.
"It's irresponsible this was not diagnosed accurately and he has played with it," the Bayern doctor said.

Fans protest from the Sunderland game in March portrays a similar picture to yesterday's sit in protest at Anfield...It was an eventful 90minutes to say the least yesterday for all those in a Red shirt and Sunderland were having their fair share of the action too. There was no beach ball this time but a refereeing mishap leading to a goal just as bizarre meant the game got off on a very strange

Saturday's match was rather topsy turvy affair to say the least. After the disappointment of last week, all eyes were on us to see how we would respond. Would the return of the senior players, spark a long overdue peformance ? Surely revenge would be on the cards, nearly a year on from the beach ball fiasco.

By Walter Broeckx, the ref No beach ball to see with ref Micheal Jones today so he couldn't mess it up with that. But how did he do for the rest with the other decisions? CARD: Ilunga gets the first yellow card. The ref let play continue first for an advantage but then comes back [...]