Liverpool, without injured captain Steven Gerrard, beat Lazio 1-0 at Anfield on Friday in a friendly match warming for next week Champions League match with Xabi Alonso in fine form.
Liverpool will travel to the Belgians Standard Liege in the first leg of the third qualifying round on Wednesday and thigh-strain victim Gerrard at the moment seems unlikely to feature.
Liverpool fans chanted the name of Alonso constantly during the match and the Spanish responded with a fine all-action screen pass and running.
Liverpool are crisp and assertive with Alonso pulling the strings in front of a crowd 43062.
They made eight pre-season games unbeaten, the winner in injury time coming when Andriy Voronin (photo) volley home Jay Spearing of the pass.
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