Christian Benteke

[Exiled_red]

I dunno, I think Houllier was justified to have his doubts about him given the myriad clubs he went on to play for after Liverpool - he was never settled and moved around a hell of a lot.

So - yeah, he might have been right to have his doubts, but his decision to sign Diouf was probably the worst one he made as Liverpool manager.

He moved around a fair bit but his record at other PL clubs was decent. He went to Man City after his loan deal with us and scored 37 goals in 2.5 seasons, had a 1.5 years in Turkey before signing for Bolton where he got 21 PL goals in 1.5 years before moving to Chelsea where he was a bit part player for 4 years but still managed a couple of seasons good seasons 19 and 11 goals. His record wasn't spectacular but Man City and Bolton were fairly average sides at the time. I think he could have been a decet player for us, certainly better than Diouf

[Rich]

He oozed class on loan for us, a really slick, skilled speed merchant. Ludicrous that we didn't sign him, signing Diouf instead was barking mad.

[Jaymo]

Decent finish.

[Daniel 7]

He moved around a fair bit but his record at other PL clubs was decent. He went to Man City after his loan deal with us and scored 37 goals in 2.5 seasons, had a 1.5 years in Turkey before signing for Bolton where he got 21 PL goals in 1.5 years before moving to Chelsea where he was a bit part player for 4 years but still managed a couple of seasons good seasons 19 and 11 goals. His record wasn't spectacular but Man City and Bolton were fairly average sides at the time. I think he could have been a decet player for us, certainly better than Diouf

You're right of course, he remained a decent top flight striker and way better than Diouf ever could have been, but he wouldn't have stayed long if he had signed. Maybe that was what was in his mind.

[Rigadon]

"Christian's goal was incredible," said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.

"It was wonderful technique from the big guy."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33754238

Big Chris

[kingfunk]

Holy moly. Cracking goal.

[Vermilion]

Lovely finish, made a chicken very happy too.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/christian-benteke-scores-screamer-liverpool-6182290

[red g]

wont be many better debut goals than that.

[Shaggy]

Unbelievable goal

[RichC]

That finish was Drogba like

[Harv]

Absolute cracking strike. He's going to get a load of chances for us with Phil and Bob putting them on a plate for him and with finishing like that he'll bang in an absolute ****load of goals. He was in the all the right spots yesterday but the service was poor.

[Slinky Skills]

It was an incredible goal albeit against **** opposition, still you have to put them away and he certainly did that!

[Pablo]

It was an incredible goal albeit against **** opposition, still you have to put them away and he certainly did that!

I don't think the opposition makes a huge difference for a goal like that. He could have been closed down better but that's nitpicking. That goes in against any team in the world!

[Slinky Skills]

I don't think the opposition makes a huge difference for a goal like that. He could have been closed down better but that's nitpicking. That goes in against any team in the world!

Oh yeah it was a hell of a strike don't get me wrong! Beauty it was and beautifully well struck.

Gets better the more you watch it.

[Norbs]

Bet he never scores a better one