Gerrard the beacon for new Anfield
Steven Gerrard stamped his increasingly dominant personality on this game after City had threatened to pinch the points at an expectant Anfield. More
Independent on Sunday
Busy Gerrard crowns Liverpool's recovery
This is Anfield. Liverpool's new manager, Rafael Benitez, was left in no doubt about the task he faces. First, the expectation of a frustrated crowd yearning for success after 15 years without a League title. And second, the disorganisation of his side who played the first half with a lack of cohesion. More
The Observer
Gerrard steals win for Liverpool
It had seemed that Milan Baros, as if it were currency he could not use on English soil, had left his form in Portugal. The Czech Republic’s man of Euro 2004 had looked, since returning to club colours, like a little boy. More
Sunday Times
Liverpool exorcise ghost of the past
Milan Baros and Steven Gerrard turned exorcists yesterday just when it looked as though the ghost of Liverpool past had come back to haunt the Merseysiders' new manager, Rafael Benitez. More
Sunday Telegraph
