Maccabi Haifa 1 Liverpool 1 (Liverpool 3-2 on aggregate)

Overall Rating: N.A. (Did not watch the game)

Goals: Crouch 54, Colautti 63

COMMENTS: Done deal. Champions League qualifier out of the way and group stages here we come. I hope we don't get drawn in some group of death. However it was, yet again, a costly outing as 2 more of our boys got injured (Warnock - ankle, Sissoko - knee) and judging from the match reports, it was not that pretty a game, again. Uefa.com reported, 'Liverpool, who had Mohamed Sissoko carried off on a stretcher with a serious-looking injury, finished the match in unconvincing fashion.' A professionally sterile performance. 4 injuries in 2 games (3 ankles & 1 knee) - our boot room must look like some makeshift ER right now. The conditioning level of our boys doesn't seem quite right. We have had similar problems in the last 2 seasons and we cannot afford players dropping like flies so early in the campaign. Well, I hope we get through this weekend's match against West Ham casualty-free with all 3 points and I pray & pray & pray Steven Gerrard does not get injured.