Bonnie Tyler might have been lost in France, but Liverpool won't lose there tonight

By Ian Cruise in Betting Blog

Published 22:30 03/11/09

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Bookies Bet365 offer just 2-1 for Liverpool to lose at least 10 league games this season, while Hills offer 10-1 for the same bet.

Someone is reading the Mersey men wrong - my guess is it's Rafa Benitez.

Poor old Rafa's having a rough time of it. I feel so sorry for him that yesterday I sent him an empty envelope to cheer him up - after all no news is good news.

Posting letters is such a chore compared with emails. I have to write the letter, I have to put it in an envelope, and then I have to go outside to post it. What am I, a bloody triathlete?

One thing Benitez has turned into an art form - apart from opening empty envelopes - is winning matches when it matters most. Tonight in France it matters - and it'll matter more if you have money on it, especially if it's the rent money.

Under Benitez Liverpool have never, in the words of Bonnie Tyler, lost in France and they ain't gonna start now, mes amis.

Benitez masterminding a Champions League triumph at the time of greatest need is as reliable is clockwork. The Swiss set their watches by it.

Though victorious at Anfield a fortnight ago, Lyon hardly looked world-beaters. In fact they struggled to be Liverpool-beaters and most teams are that right now.

You will no doubt find better bets tonight than Liverpool at 21-10 but none of them will win. Liverpool will.

Boylesports are betting on how many minutes Anfield sicknote Fernando Torres plays tonight. You can get 2-1 for 80 minutes or more which, given that Liverpool don't play again until Monday and it's at home to Birmingham, is a pretty tasty bet.

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