Benitez getting Pissed?

Reds boss Rafael Benitez has warned his side that they need to be more ruthless in front of goal.

So far the Club has scored only five goals in eight Premiership games this season and are 13th in the table after losing to Fulham last Saturday. Benitez's anger was not reserved solely for his players, with Liverpool's backroom staff, among whom he includes himself, rebuked for the casual start to a defeat that left the club languishing 13th in the table and struggling to retain the euphoria of Istanbul. After last summer, it's been hard as a supporter to watch (and explain) how a side of such apparent passion can come out of the blocks so limply.

Last season the criticism that followed 11 losses away from Anfield stayed behind the iron gates of the Melwood training ground, but after witnessing the return of the failings that plagued his inaugural Premiership season at Fulham, the Liverpool manager yesterday accused his European champions of having an attitude problem that will consign them to another season of domestic under-achievement if it persists.