Big deals get Gerrard excited

Steven Gerrard is promising boss Rafael Benitez will sign some new “special players” in the transfer window as Liverpool inch their way towards a club record for successive victories without conceding a goal.

Last night’s 2-0 triumph at Sunderland took them to their highest position in the Barclays Premiership in Rafael Benitez’s 18-month reign as Anfield manager.