Darren Bent and beachball hand Liverpool third straight defeatRafael Benítez must wonder what he has done to deserve such luck. Injuries in the international break stripped him of his two best players in Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, and here his Liverpool side were left deflated by a beachball. Darren Bent's eighth goal of an increasingly prolific season was deflected past Pepe Reina by a stray inflatable in the goalmouth and should not have stood. "I'm still claiming it," was the striker's response. The result leaves Liverpool a distant eighth in the Premier League, seven points behind the leaders Manchester United. Without their twin talismen and against an in-form Sunderland this was always likely to be a difficult afternoon, though it also represented a chance to prove they are much more than a two-man team. But the lacklustre performance from Benitez's side made it difficult to ignore the obvious conclusions.
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