Having struggled to get results at the Reebok in the past, it was nice to see the team pick up a relatively easy win. Bolton have improved from the team that got beaten 4-0 at Anfield yet, despite not playing overly well, Liverpool won with a certain degree of ease.

Much of the focus has been on Jaskelainen's own goal but, although that did help the players' job, the goalkeeper did save at least three great chances in the first half to keep Bolton in the game. With or without that error, Liverpool would still have won.

Good Game
Pepe Reina's fantastic save from Kevin Davies' free header in the first half preserved Liverpool's lead and proved just how valuable a solid keeper is. Once again, Sami Hyppia put in a great performance strengthening his claim for a new contract. Equally impressive was Martin Skrtel's performance with the Slovak easily handling what Bolton had to offer. Admittedly, he was slightly at fault with their goal but that is more down to his lack of experience at the club.

I've been crtical of Fabio Aurelio in the past but he was very good yesterday. Goal apart, his passing was always accurate, he moved forward when he could and didn't face too many problems from El Hadj Diouf.

At long last, Javier Mascherano is a Liverpool player and once again he proved just why he is worth every penny. Typical was the instance in the second half when he lost the ball and then raced back to recover it without fouling the player.

This time, however, he was overshadowed by Steven Gerrard whose driving runs forward troubled the Bolton defenders who just didn't know how to mark him. My man of the match, which is slightly harsh on Xabi Alonso. Perhaps because he is getting back to full fitness or else because playing for the reserves jolted him, but he was much better yesterday than he has been for a long time, even if he did fade a bit in the second half.

During the week, Benitez insisted that for the time being he will be playing Ryan Babel on the left. Against Bolton he proved once again that he is good enough to do a job there although he still doesn't look comfortable. Scored a good goal though.

Bad Game
It is rumoured that Jamie Carragher dislikes playing at right-back and yesterday he gave Benitez plenty of reason not to play him there again. Not that he did a bad job and is a solid enough back-up for instances like this when both Steve Finnan and Alvaro Arbeloa aren't ready to play. Why not give Stephen Darby a chance, though?

Apart from hitting the post just before the second goal, Dirk Kuyt was anonymous for most of the game, an accusation that can be levelled at Fernando Torres as well.

Substitutes
Neither John Arne Riise nor Alvaro Arbeloa had enough time or really needed to do anything spectacular and neither one did.