Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Pool ace ready for title tilt

Xabi Alonso believes Liverpool now have the ability to make an impact in the title race.

The Basque midfielder will be a key component of boss RafaelBenitez's side as they embark on a new campaign at Aston Villatomorrow.

Alonso is confident that the new players who have arrived theclub in a pounds40million summer spending spree, will maintain aconsistent title challenge.

Alonso said: "The manager has bought good, new offensive playersand that will be a major boost for us.

"We are all now glad that pre-season is over and we are lookingforward very much to the new season and the game at Aston Villa.''

Benitez has a fully fit squad to chose from, which leaves him witha tough task of selecting his two strikers with Dirk Kuyt, PeterCrouch, Andriy Voronin and Fernando Torres all battling for a spot inthe starting line-up.

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