Recently by Dan Kay

SMILES abounded at Anfield last night for the first time in what seemed like forever and they weren't just about the Kop's light-hearted advice to the visiting manager regarding his well-documented fiscal activities.

There have been several so-called 'turning points' in this most excruciating of seasons and it would be foolhardy in the extreme to begin making rash predictions as to what the hard-fought but ultimately fully-deserved win over Tottenham might mean in the overall context of Liverpool's season.

SIGNED by Roy Evans following his role in the Czech Republic's run to the final of Euro 96, Patrik Berger spent seven years at Anfield, scoring 35 goals in 196 games, before finishing his career at Sparta Prague.

Following the news of his retirement from the game, here's a look at some of the fine strikes that characterised his spell at the club

LIVERPOOL boss Rafa Benitez has assured Reds fans that star striker Fernando Torres will not be sold to service the club's debts.

Benitez is quoted as saying, "It won't happen. I'd quit", when asked whether an offer of £100m or more would tempt the club's American owners to cash in.

As everyone knows, Liverpool FC have to find in the region of £30m a year to finance the interest payments owed on the loans taken out by the club's owners to fund their takeover nearly three years ago.

CHIEF among the many accusations currently being levelled at Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is that he has 'wasted' the club's money in the transfer market.

"Millions of pounds spent, 70-odd players brought in, weaker squad than when he took over..", the critics cry.

The article below, posted on various LFC forums today, catalogues in detail all the ins and outs of Benitez's Anfield reign so far and illustrates that the Reds boss has in fact had a net spend of £83m in 5 years (£16.6m a year on average) - less than half of what Manchester City have spent in the last 12 months.

Here's the article - what do you think of the current situation at Anfield and Rafa Benitez's transfer dealings? Log in below and have your say

Inexcusable. Indefensible. Unforgiveable.

All words that quite accurately describe the feelings toward the manager from us mugs who had paid 50 sheets for a Saturday afternoon in Fulham's delightful river-side away end, an initially pleasurable experience that disintegrated into wishing those representing us in Red were swimming with the fishies.

The Torres substitution, with his injury worries you can just about make a case for (at a push, I'd have given him at least another 10 mins), but the withdrawal of Benayoun and Kuyt were, a la Reading the other year, the concession of the game and a slap in the face to every Red in the ground and following the game from wherever.