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Article: Football: Plug the gaps or Armada will be sunk on travels; Carragher admits Liverpool need to show character to succeed away.(Sport)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2004
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Byline: ANDY HUNTER
ALL the talk of the Spanish Armada sailing into Liverpool this summer to revitalise Anfield fortunes neglected one small but pertinent fact; the Armada sprung too many leaks to succeed.
Early indications from Rafael Benitez and his summer acquisitions are they will triumph where their ancestors failed and lead a lasting, successful imprint on English soil.
Even so, the ineffectual performance that led to Tuesday's defeat by Olympiakos has strengthened the image of Benitez as a coach plugging several damaging holes only for others to appear and leave Liverpool still treading water.
Unbeatable, irresistible at ...