Rafael Benítez will be bring a different Liverpool side that faces Chelsea on Sunday before back to Champions League meet with the Group E leaders Lyon in the coming weeks. Liverpool must face Manchester United as well in a seven-match spell that includes the Chelsea game, the Lyon double-header and Arsenal away in the Carling Cup.

It is a daunting task for a side who were out-fought by Fiorentina last night as they lost 2-0 in the Artemio Franchi Stadium. Stevan Jovetic scored twice in a blistering first-half performance that left Liverpool shattered. “We now have Chelsea away at the weekend in an important Premier League game,” said Benítez. “I believe you will see a different Liverpool in that match, a totally different performance with a different mentality. “Then we have Lyon home and away in this group, they are the leaders and it means we have to now win them both.

We certainly will not be as bad again. If you make too many mistakes against such sides, you will be punished. It is very simple. Mentally we will have better days than this. We did improve, but we needed to score early in the second half. We had the chances but we failed to take them.”