Recently by Jay Riley

The aftermath of what went on at White Hart Lane is still ongoing, just how Liverpool contrived to lose that game is anyone's guess, never this season has there been such a one sided game of football, yet we are counting the cost of 3 dropped points, which was daylight robbery!

Its a big test now as to how the players react to they're first defeat of the campaign, our next 6 Premier League games are all very winnable. We face West Brom at Anfield, then an away trip to the Reebok stadium to face lowly Bolton, we follow that up with 2 home games against Fulham and West Ham, then travel to Ewood Park to play Blackburn, then finally in this 6 league game cycle we face Premier League pretenders Hull City at Anfield...6 games, 18 points very obtainable and if we are serious about being genuine title contenders, then 18 points is what we shall get.

After our tremendous performance over Chelsea on Sunday and the just as important 3 points Wednesday night against Pompey, we now face a rejuvenated Tottenham side who are on the back of a home victory and a great comeback derby draw at the Emirates. Not to mention the dramatic turn of events that unfolded last Saturday night, when Juande Ramos was relieved of his duties and replaced by Harry Redknapp.

So this game at White Hart Lane could pose a bigger test than expected, as they're tails may well be up and players will be trying to impress the new man in charge. But lets get one thing straight here, these players are the same players that have started the season so poorly, they are much weakened from the side we faced last season when they had such stars as Berbatov and Keane, they still have the same weak centre, in particular the midfield area and defensively they have been a shambles!...oh and the keeper isn't much cop either...

On Sunday we face our biggest test of the season so far when we make the journey to South West London to face a side that have gone 4 seasons unbeaten at home in the Premier League. Stamford Bridge has become a fortress for Chelsea and Liverpool have failed to even register a goal there during that time, a statistic that must change on Sunday afternoon.

We go into the game with niggles to key players in the form of Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Robbie Keane and Fernando Torres, of the 4 only Torres looks likely to miss the trip to the Bridge, although Keane is also touch and go for the game, Chelsea though have they're own problems with injuries to key players such as Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Joe Cole and Ashley Cole. Ashley Cole may possibly return but this could be a good time to face Chelsea with such quality personnel missing. Ok they do have a huge squad full of stars but the proposition of facing Anelka instead of Drogba, Kalou instead of Joe Cole, Mikel instead of Essien and Malouda instead of Ballack has to be a bonus for Liverpool.

After some tremendous comebacks in the Premier League in recent matches, we now switch our attentions to the Champions League, we have maxiumum points from our first couple of games in the group stage and we now face a double header with a side that also boasts the same amount of points in the shape of Spanish club Atletico Madrid.

Last week Uefa had tried to move this game to a different venue 300km from the Vicente Calderon stadium, after crowd trouble marred the Spanish clubs recent victory over French side Marseille. This caused uproar amongst Liverpool fans who were travelling to the Spanish capital for the game, eventually the powers that be at Uefa seen sense and the game now goes ahead at its correct venue.

Atletico Madrid will be a tough test for the reds tonight, they are the toughest opposition possible coming out of pot 4 from the draw when it was originally made and so its proved, as they have taken the Champions League by storm so far with a convincing 3-0 away success at Psv Eindhoven and then they followed it up with a victory over Marseille 2-1 at home.

After the International break, we now return to what most Liverpool fans call the "real" football, during the last 24 hours the injury news hasn't been great with the dreadful news that Fernando Torres has picked up another injury whilst being away with Spain, he is likely to be out for up to 15 days, which means he could miss our next 3 matches.

Dutchman Ryan Babel also picked up an ankle injury whilst playing in Norway with Holland and he too is expected to be set for a spell on the sidelines, although its not conclusive yet as to how bad his injury is.

So we go into our next Premier League game against Wigan Athletic minus 2 important attacking players, add to that the loss of defender Martin Skrtel and its now time for Rafa to give others opportunities to prove their worth. I think Daniel Agger will return to the defence to partner Jamie Carragher, I've also got a feeling Dirk Kuyt may be employed up front alongside Robbie Keane, to allow Yossi Benayoun to get a rare start on the right side of midfield, Albert Riera should continue on the left of midfield with Gerrard and Alonso centrally.