By the end of the first forty-five minutes, the reds on the pitch looked all over the place. While dominating possession, the lads went back to the dressing room with two goals down. And does possession supremacy wins you anything? Rafa’s predecessor Gèrard Houllier used to say ‘you keep the ball, we keep the result’. It felt like we were tasting some of our past medicine. For all the possession Liverpool had, their keeper was hardly worked, an Albert Riera shot being the only exception. And talking about the newest acquisition, he was the only one upfront who looked effective. He dribbled and went past players, back heeled every now and then. And crossed into their box, with only a Dirk Kuyt miss preventing him from having his first goal assist.

And by the end of the second forty-five minutes it was the turn of reds fans to get all over the place, bouncing all over, punching the air, hugging, spilling beer on each other and turning the earlier doubts into belief. The doubts must have been exclusive to us fans minds though. Benitez and his players seem to have an unshakeable belief in themselves. There were no rushed substitutions at the beginning of the second half. Rafa kept to what he thought was best prior to kick-off. The circumstances got completely different, but the personnel remained the same. Fernando Torres looked rather abject at first. But while his appearance looked sullen, his mind must have been still vibrating hope into his body, as class prevails over form. He just needed ten minutes and an assist by the overlapping Alvaro Arbeloa to prove it as he poked home to half the deficit.

Getting corners is sometimes as effective as half-way line throw-ins but this time a Steven Gerrard one simply paved the way for Torres to rise majestically and head home directly into their net to level the score. It was just a simple execution that this time proved effective and authoritative as any judge’s hammer knock. From then on it was just a deliberation of how long will it take their defense to succumb to Liverpool’s impetus. It took a Torres glaring miss and fifteen minutes for that to be concluded. It was only symbolic that Liverpool’s prevailing impetus got signed by Kuyt as time and again it is his selfless work that let others express themselves better and getting the plaudits.

Along with Kuyt’s match-winner, such comeback and defeat of Manchester City in their own home can be as much emblematic. It is now the fourth time this season that Liverpool overturned a result. The squad’s mindset has been accused of being fragile in the past, but this year the mindset seems to be the biggest weapon in their artillery. Alongside such mindset, the togetherness of the whole squad looks to be another ammunition. Benitez seems to have now the lads that he can trust to let attack away from home with just fifteen minutes to go after seemingly salvaging a draw. The substitutions at the end said it all and were anomalous with similar situations in the past, when attacking players were sacrificed to more defensive minded ones.

Martin Skrtel’s horrific injury is the only sour taste that is lingering on. He has been a rock alongside Jamie Carragher, whom his psychotic appearance compromised with his tackles seemed to instill fear into opposite strikers. It now paves the way to Daniel Agger who must be kicking his heels eager to prove himself all over again.

It is now time for another international break. After yesterday it feels apt to have a break as personally I felt knackered just watching it.