With Gooch and the boys walking into Anfield at nil – nil after the first leg, many thought Standard Liege would get absolutely hammered.

With 43,889 watching in disbelief as Liverpool couldn’t break down the Liege defense for the second 90 minutes in as many weeks, Dutchman Dirk Kuyt forced the ball past Rorys Aragon in the 118th minute to give Liverpool the 1 – nil win (1 – nil on aggregate).

With Gooch keeping Fernando Torres quiet for most of the night, all that speculation of the big man heading elsewhere in the upcoming days must be at a boiling point after tonight’s performance.