Recently by Ben Thornley

"You only sell the family silver once."

Rick Parry on David Moores' decision to sell his shares in Liverpool to Tom Hicks and George Gillett in February 2007

DAVID MOORES' reign as Anfield chairman was characterised by a complete inability to get anything done, the Littlewoods heir mistaking 'The Liverpool Way' for inertia.

What a shame then he didn't take a little longer over his final, disastrous decision as owner.
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ON an afternoon when Anfield remembered those who will never be forgotten, Daniel Agger gave his manager a reminder of why he shouldn't continue to be overlooked in Liverpool's push for honours.

The Dane has suffered a frustrating 18 months, failing to dislodge Martin Skrtel and Jamie Carragher as Rafael Benitez's first choice centre backs after returning to fitness following a long-standing foot injury.

But on Saturday he was given the chance to stake his claim for a regular first-team place and a new contract.

SOMETIMES fortune doesn't favour the brave. If Rafael Benitez's boldness has revived Liverpool's Barclays Premier League title race, then his adventure last night left his side's Champions League hopes hanging by a thread.

A pulsating if ultimately frustrating quarter-final tie was unrecognisable from any of the European encounters between these two sides which have preceded it.

Unfortunately, so were Liverpool's fragile defence, who were unnerved by the pace and frequency of Chelsea's attacks.

RED carded as Manchester United slumped to a humiliating defeat in British football's biggest game, Nemanja Vidic will find little sympathy among those of a Liverpool persuasion.

However, one man in grey on Saturday at least could empathise with the Serbian's ordeal at Old Trafford.

In April 2003, Sami Hyypia suffered the same fate, dismissed in the fourth minute for a foul on Ruud van Nistelrooy as Gerard Houllier's Liverpool were routed 4-0.

IF only Rafael Benitez was as attack minded in the technical area as he is in the Press room.

After overseeing Liverpool's worst - and perhaps most negative - performance of the season at relegation-threatened Stoke City, Benitez resumed his offensive against Sir Alex Ferguson, suggesting the Manchester United manager is "scared" of the Anfield outfit.

This, however, was certainly not a display that will have struck fear into Liverpool's title rivals. Or anyone else in the division, for that matter.