Benitez promises a 'different' Liverpool

Rafael Benitez has promised it will be a 'very different' Liverpool side that faces Chelsea at the weekend before back-to-back Champions League clashes with Group E leaders Lyon in the coming weeks.

Liverpool must face Manchester United as well in a seven-match spell which includes the Chelsea game, the Lyon double-header and Arsenal away in the Carling Cup.

It is a daunting task for a stunned Liverpool, who were out-fought by Fiorentina last night as they lost 2-0 in the Artemio Franchi.

Teenager Stevan Jovetic scored twice in a blistering first-half performance that left Liverpool shattered.

But manager Benitez said: 'We now have Chelsea away at the weekend in an important Premier League game. 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.'