3) Christian Benteke is more than a target man
Who said that? Certainly not us, we’d never criticise the wisdom of Brendan Rodgers’ signings… In all seriousness, these were encouraging signs from the big Belgian today, especially considering this was his first pre-season match with his new teammates. He was a little wasteful in the first-half and might have done slightly better with a couple of chances that did come his way. However, he made no mistake at the start of the second-half, controlling the ball on his chest before lashing the ball beautifully into the top corner – a more than decent start.
