What a difference a few weeks can make. After the 1-4 horror show, I never thought I’d be able to write this so soon: “Manuel Pellegrini’s now lost more league games this season than David Moyes”. (And Manny hasn’t got an Ed Woodward to blame.)

When Steve McClaren stooped from being the wally with a brolly to giving a press conference in a Dutch accent while managing FC Twente he became the butt of all soccer jokes.

The bad blood between David Moyes and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez deepened with the Everton manager claiming the Uruguayan should not have been on the pitch before his legitimate injury-time ‘goal’ was wrongly ruled out for offside in the 2-2 draw at Goodison Park.

New Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have a key role to play as he shapes a new era at Anfield.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has insisted there is nothing “sinister” in Steven Gerrard’s latest fitness problem and his captain is progressing well.

IT wasn’t exactly a “where were you when Kennedy was shot?” moment was it?

CAN we just say climate change from now on? From where I’m sitting, snowed into a freezing flat watching pensioners fall on their arse (there’s nothing on telly), Global Warming is as funny a joke as the ‘Football’ in LFC right now.

NOLAN and Barton.

FOREWARNED, if not forearmed: “one major married United star might need to be trotting off to Court soonish too… it’d be just typical if the lad is unfortunate enough to be the odd one out who doesn’t actually get an injunction granted.”

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina has signed a new six-year contract, the club have confirmed.

IRREFUTABLE proof that I am getting both old and sad: more than once, whilst watching Sunday’s rather tedious 90 minutes, I found myself slyly turning on an earpiece-tranny combo to hear what Alan Green was blathering on about on the BBC’s commentary.

Liverpool’s brave fight for the title may finally come to an end this weekend but Pepe Reina believes that, like Madonna, Liverpool could soon be back in vogue. He spoke to Chris Hatherall.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

IT SAYS much about the enigma that is Liverpool under Rafa Benitez that, having knocked Real Madrid off their perch in their own sumptuous backyard, the conquering heroes can return home to headlines which barely find the time to muster a perfunctory olé before they are replaced by the bookies offering bets on the manager’s successor, Rick Parry jumping ship, a reopening of the debate about the genius or otherwise of Stevie Gerrard and the plaintive sound, as clockwork regular as the first stirrings of spring, of the Anfield faithful once again borrowing that line from Van The Man: wouldn’t it be great if it was like this all the time?

The humiliating moment a man found he had been tricked into travelling 400 miles to meet a ’woman’ he fell in love with online is fast becoming an online hit today.

CHRISTMAS will come early for the supporters of AC Milan this evening when the club’s new loan signing, a certain David Beckham, is officially unveiled before the game against Udinese in the San Siro.

OOKAY, now it’s our best Premier League start. Of course that’s only making me worry all the more.

GREETINGS chaps, and occasional chap-esse: we can be this familiar now, can we not?

NOT everyone on Merseyside is celebrating Tuesday night’s extraordinary victory over Arsenal.

ON Grand National day, this was supposed to be Arsenal’s Devon Loch moment.

Liverpool 4 Fulham 0

The ten remaining Big Brother housemates failed to impress as they practised a majorette routine.

YOU’LL have to excuse the smell, but we’ve had the disinfectant out at Old Trafford after our enforced visit from the massed Scousers and Cockernees.

Wigan boss Paul Jewell would not even consider the England manager’s job if it came his way.

I WAS most beautifully stitched up by a shoeshine man at the famous Galata Bridge in Istanbul on the calm morning before the storm of Wednesday night.

AS POOR as Chelsea were at Stamford Bridge last night, they still retain an edge over a Liverpool side denied the creativity of Xabi Alonso for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final.

Deportivo La Coruna 0 Liverpool 1

Deportivo La Coruna 0 Liverpool 1

Liverpool 1 Man City 2

KEVIN NOLAN is Merseyside’s new hero, but he doesn’t believe the adulation will last until the weekend.

Phil Thompson chose his moment and put Barcelona’s loud-mouths in their place.

Liverpool 1 Bolton 1