Johnson stars as Reds back to form

LIVERPOOL put the misery of their opening day defeat at Tottenham firmly behind them with a convincing victory over Stoke at Anfield last night.

Steven Gerrard created two of the goals and new boy Glen Johnson had an outstanding game surging down the right at will.

Benitez bought Johnson, he claimed, to provided that extra adventure in difficult home games. And the England defender underlined just what his new manager meant.