A belated pick of the pics from Anfield on Thursday night as the Reds enjoyed a superb win over Benfica in the Europa League quarter final.

Captains Luisao and Steven Gerrard were in opposition.

Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring with a header from a corner.

Although confusion reigned as the ref initially disallowed it.

Lucas rounds the keeper to make it 2-0.

The Brazilian enjoyed one of his best performances in a red shirt.

Torres finishes off a superb counter attack for 3-0.

Torres chips the keeper with a beautiful finish to make it safe.

A familiar sight at Anfield thesedays. Another 2 for El Nino.

Pepe Reina, Pepe Reina, hey, hey!