Djibril Cisse signalled his intention to hit the goal trail in
the coming season as his brace helped Liverpool to a 3-0 win over
Bayer Leverkusen.
The German side were stunned as the former Auxerre man hit the back
of the net twice in the space of 60 seconds, whilst Milan Baros
capped a comfortable game for The Reds in the second half.
The victory was Liverpool's third in a week, and was also notable
for the debut of new boy Mohamed Sissoko after his transfer from
Valencia.
Liverpool handed a start to young talent Stephen Warnock, although
the winger saw his participation ended early on as he had to go to
hospital for precautionary scans on an elbow injury.
After a somewhat slow start Cisse burst into action on 26 minutes
as he slotted home from a tight angle after collecting a lofted
ball from Anthony Le Tallec.
The French international then had Le Tallec to thank again just a
minute later as he picked up the forward's intelligent flick and
finished through the legs of Leverkusen keeper Tom Starke.
As is customary on such occasions Rafa Benitez instigated a raft of
changes in the second half , including the introduction of
midfielder Sissoko, and Baros came off the bench to cap the win on
56 minutes.
The Czech star was sought out with a fantastic long ball from
renewed hero Steven Gerrard, and flicked the ball over the head of
the onrushing Starke as Liverpool continued their lengthy
pre-season campaign in comfortable fashion.
Gerrard is a real class act man,i was watching the match and
everytime he touched the ball something good looked like
happening.and his long ball to baros was just superb,now i actually
hoped he had signed for chelsea..hehe.. but one thing sissoko look
kinda crapy,his passing is ok,looks quite nervous besides gerrard
all in all a mild version of patrick vieira..and leverkusen was
playing damn rough sia,anyhow tackle the liverpool players.oh btw i
noticed something different about liverpool now,whenever leverkusen
had an offensive set piece they will get everyone back to defend
even baros??my match summary..thanks..
