Chelski 0-1 Reds: Setting the marker down

It's hard to put in to words just how monumental yesterday's win was.

There's so much that an be said about it. We've ended Chelsea's seemingly unendable four year unbeaten run in the league at Stamford Bridge, ended their highly impressive unbeaten start to the season and sustained our own unbeaten start.

We are now heading into November top of the pile and looking every inch the title challenging side we've aspired to be for the past eighteen years.

With Man United and now Chelsea already vanquished this season there is genuine belief not only amongst the Anfield faithful but amongst the football world in general that Liverpool are a force to be reckoned with this season.

The fact that both sides were seen off without our talisman FernandoTorres also underlines that Rafa Benitez now has a squad capable of dealing with the rigors of sustaining a title challenge and going for glory in Europe.

Whilst victory at Atletico Madrid in midweek would have made it a perfect week, a draw at a difficult European ground followed by a win at arguably the most difficult ground in Europe four days later shows that we can cope.

It is early days, we are only nine games in but they've been no normal nine games. They've included four comebacks including one of the most impressive you will see all season at mega rich Manchester City and at home to Manchester United without Torres AND Steven Gerrard.

And still you get the feeling that we have not played the kind of football we are capable of. A lot of our victories have been the product of hard work, hassling opponents, being clinical in attack and having belief that we are never beaten.

We have played some lovely, free flowing football at times under Benitez and with a home game against demoralised Portsmouth this Wednesday there is the perfect opportunity to show that we can add flair to an extraordinary will to win that has put us top of the table so far.

We must guard against the kind of complacency that followed the Man United win and saw us held by Stoke City but for the moment we can bask in the glory of having done something extraordinary at the Bridge yesterday. Hopefully it won't be the last extraordinary thing we do this season.