Article: BY JAMES PEARCE THIS WAS NO BAD LUC STORY; Rafa leaps to defence of assured Brazilian.(Sport)

Byline: DOMINIC KING

THE shrill of Franck de Bleeckere's final whistle had barely subsided when the phone-ins started, looking to apportion blame for Liverpool's Champions League struggles. Predictably, the names were the same. Angry of Anfield and Worried of Woolton all knew which players were culpable for stopping Liverpool secs uring a win in Lyon which would have kept them in control of their European destiny.

It was, of course, easy to see where many were coming from on certain individuals; yet that some felt Lucas should be included in the rogue's ...

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