A MACHINE

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has said that Luis Suarez is comparable to a machine because he simply things about doing his job and nothing more. The Uruguay striker scored a stunning freekick against Everton on Saturday to put his team in front. Even though Everton equalised the later and the match finished as exciting 3-3 draw, one of the best goals in the match was scored by Suarez. This was also his third consecutive occasion to scoring the Merseyside derby, which is making him a legend in these parts.

He managed to score the freekick despite having the wall in front of goal. He managed to bend the ball in such a way that it went around the wall. Gerrard has revealed that Suarez never thought about the way in which he scored his goal. Instead, he was just thinking that he could have done well in another chance he got during the match. This mentality is largely responsible for getting the player to score the incredible number of goals that he seems to do with ease. Suarez is currently top of the Premier league goal scoring charts (tied with Sergio Aguero and his teammate Daniel Sturridge).

“Luis is a machine. He’s right up there with the best in the world. Luis is the type of player who won’t be thinking about his free-kick after the game, he’ll be thinking about the header he missed. That’s why he’s so good. He’ll be desperate to get back out and make amends for that. That’s what the best players do, they don’t get big-headed over the good things they do but analyse the mistakes,” said Gerrard, who provided the cross for Sturridge to equalise in the 89th minute.

The draw, though, meant that Liverpool have dropped two points in the race for the Premier league title.

FANTASTIC

Luis Suarez is enjoying a fantastic season with Liverpool; scoring goals in each match of the Premier League his performances have been so superb and astonishing that the Uruguayan is being taken into consideration as a captain for the team.

The player that ran through a number of obstacles in the initial stages of his career with Liverpool and was even ordered to train alone at some point of his time with the club is now one of the top candidates to wear the armband of Liverpool.

The main man of Liverpool, Steven Gerrard will be out for the remainder of the year due to a hamstring strain and forcing Brendan Rodgers to consider on who will be next in line to endure it.

There has certainly been a drastic change in the behavior of Suarez who has been playing with a less aggressive temperament as he used to have some time ago and so far has only been booked just 1 time so far in this season, which is a big improvement for a player that was ranked at the 5^th spot in a Spanish football website ‘’ El Gol Digital’’ in a list that contained all the world’s dirtiest football players.

Former Ajax coach Marco van Basten criticized Luis Suarez for his abilities to collect yellow cards and the Uruguayan attacker is widely considered to be one of the players that tends to dive more in order to create a favorable position for his club, either that might be a penalty set-piece or free-kick.

The list goes on and on for Suarez and the incidents he has experienced and while it remains true that he has seen a huge improvement both inside and outside of the pitch, but should he even be considered an option for being the captain of Liverpool is the question that now emerges.

SUAREZ MUST STAY

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has suggested that it is extremely important that the club retain services of Luis Suarez amidst a lot of speculation linking the Uruguay striker with a move to Real Madrid in the January transfer window. Suarez handed a transfer request to the club in the summer after growing tired of life without Champions league football. He has stated that he remains extremely happy with Liverpool as a club, but he wants to test himself in the highest level possible and the Champions league provides an opportunity for him.

Arsenal came in with an official offer for him in the summer. Even though they are not expected to renew their interest in January, Suarez will be subjected to interest from other clubs across Europe – most notably Real Madrid. The Spanish giants are thought to be unhappy with their current striker Karim Benzema, who has been very poor in front of goal. Dalglish, who was the man behind bringing Suarez to Anfield in the January 2011, states that the club should retain the 26-year-old at all costs.

‘There will be speculation about Luis Suarez leaving the Reds. There always is. But I don’t think he’s going anywhere. He’s thriving in this Liverpool team and everyone at Anfield knows he is crucial to maintaining a challenge. It has got to the stage now where, if they buy in January, I think both might have a real chance of staying up there,’ Dalglish said.

His importance to the team has been so far proved by the eight league goals he has scored this season. He is level at the top of the goal scoring charts with Daniel Sturridge and Sergio Aguero.

The Liverpool’s non-executive director also says that his club along with Southampton have done enough to be considered as title challengers this season.

NO BIDS ACCEPTED

The manager of Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers, has made it clear that he is not going to accept any bid for Luis Suarez at this stage of the season.

There have been some reports that Real Madrid is looking to bid for Suarez after almost securing the services of Gareth Bale. But, Rodgers’ statements suggest that the Reds are not in a mood to let the 26 years old striker go.

Suarez was on the radar of Real Madrid a couple of months back as well and the Uruguayan international was also interested in making a move to Spain, but, then, Madrid turned to Gareth Bale and Suarez seemed to be staying at Liverpool.

But, now that Madrid has almost finalized that Gareth Bale deal, they have turned their focus back to Suarez.

When asked about Real Madrid’s interest in Suarez, Rodgers said, “If we had been approached a couple of months ago, we would have thought about it, but, now, it’s too late. The season is going to start in a few days and we can’t do that at this point of time.”

“A lot of things happen in the last week of the transfer window. We are going to tackle that in a professional way. We are looking to bring in a couple of more players, but, selling somebody like Luis at this stage is not possible.”

Rodgers also made it clear that Liverpool was interested in the Brazilian winger Willian Borges da Silva, but, they couldn’t succeed in finalising that deal due to some reasons.

Rodgers said, “Willian was on our radar and we tried hard to bring him here, but, we weren’t successful.”

According to the reports, it’s Chelsea which is now planning to bid for Willian who is currently a player of Anzhi Makhachkala.

CARLO REFUTES RUMOURS

New Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti failed to dismiss suggestions that his club are looking to sign both Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez before the end of the transfer window. Real only recently managed to bring in Ancelotti after months of negotiations with French club PSG. After failing to win the league and the Champions League last season, the club are looking to aim for glory in both fronts by signing high-quality attacking players. Both Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez have had extraordinary seasons with Tottenham and Liverpool respectively.

They will cost in excess of £ 100 million combined, but that has not prevented Real Madrid from continually being linked with a move for their services. Even though Tottenham have categorically stated that Bale is not for sale at any price, the same has not been the case with Suarez. The Uruguay star is thought to be extremely frustrated with life in England. Even though he does not have anything against Liverpool, he could demand a transfer in order to move away from England.

Ancelotti has failed to comment on the transfer speculation by saying that it is extremely early days that he is working with the squad. He will know more about the squad in the coming days. The Spanish giants have already made a couple of signings in various areas of the pitch.

“We’ve not spoken of signings because today is the first day I am here. I cannot give any information on the players who might come in or those who will leave. The squad is very good. In the next few days we will talk with the club about what we need,” said Ancelotti in his first press conference as the Real Madrid manager. Suarez scored 30 goals for Liverpool in all competitions before being banned by the English FA for biting Chelsea defender Ivanovic.

BENITEZ RETURNS

Former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is preparing for his Anfield return three years after leaving the club back in 2010. Benitez spent six seasons at Anfield during which time he managed to win the Champions League title in the most stunning manner. The Spaniard will be returning to Anfield with Liverpool’s rivals Chelsea on Sunday. There has been a lot of talk about the Liverpool fans during a special welcome to Benitez, but the current manager of the club – Brendan Rodgers – has said that the return of one of the former managers does not intimidate him.

Benitez was held in high regard by the fans for the way he guided the club to Champions League success in the most extraordinary manner in 2005. Liverpool were trailing AC Milan 3-0 going into the half-time break, but they managed to come back and win the encounter. It was the fifth European title for the club. Even though Benitez was sacked, fans still loved him and they held him in high regard. Rodgers was appointed as the replacement for Dalglish in the summer. He has already made an improvement over the league position achieved by the club under Dalglish.

However, they remain several points away from the Champions League places.

“There is absolutely no doubt Rafa Benitez will get an excellent reception. Rafa won both the Champions League and FA Cup in his six years here. When you go to a club as a manager, then the cards are dealt differently, depending where you go in. This is a club that we are trying to push on and resurrect and move forward again. They were maybe going another way. It’s no disrespect to anyone who has been before, but the reality is we were eighth last season,” said Rodgers ahead of the match with Chelsea on Sunday.