Real Betis 1-2 Liverpool

Liverpool defeated Real Betis in the first leg of the Champions League Group phase in what became a nail-biter of a match. LFC struck two early goals as Florent Sinama Pongolle lobbed a clever finish after 87 seconds and Luis Garcia finished a crisp move with a left-foot flourish in the 14th minute. But Liverpool had to survive severe late pressure, making it very unpleasant to listen to the match through the last 20 minutes.

But a major innovation today - I figured out that my ever useful Monster Cable could also be plugged into my PC, which means an end to embarrassing wire entanglements.