Today’s fluff has finally – finally – taken the donk back off it
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What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago today,
Liverpool drew 1-1 with Stoke to close to within a point of sixth-placed Aston Villa in the
Premier League, with Robert Huth’s late equaliser leaving Rafael Benítez huffing around the place amid a window where the only new arrivals were freebie signing Maxi Rodriguez along with youngsters Christopher Buchtmann and Vitor Flora.
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