New era, but no quick fix for Liverpool

JOHN W HENRY, his pocket £300 million (€342.6m) lighter than when he had flown into England earlier in the week, was handed a stark taste of reality at Goodison Park yesterday, a fast track lesson in the English Premier League and his new asset’s current position there in.

The goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta were the specific moments that condemned Liverpool and their new owner to another demoralising defeat in a local derby that was supposed to herald the start of a bright, new dawn in the club’s history.

But, applying the pinch of salt that needs to be poured upon Roy Hodgson’s assertion that his team turned in their best performance of the season and completely dominated the second half, Henry, a baseball fan and owner of the renowned Boston Red Sox club, will not have needed to be an expert on the beautiful game to see through his manager’s hollow claims and appreciate the mountain of problems mounting at Anfield.