Benitez: Passion and brains will beat Everton
Rafa Benitez has acknowledged that Everton are in confident form at the moment but reckons that passion and brains will be enough to get the derby win.
“Both Everton and us and are on a good run so both will come into the game with confidence,” said Benitez.
“But in the past sometimes we were not in a good moment and won and sometimes we were in a good moment and lost.
“A derby is a derby and is different to any other game so form is not the most important thing now.”
“You have to play with passion and your brain and that way you will be better and be able to control the game,”
“It is important to keep calm and try to play good football. You want to win playing well because that is easier but a derby is more difficult.
“I try to influence the game beforehand but during the game it is difficult because the crowd don’t allow you to shout too much and the players cannot hear you.
“The players have confidence and don’t want to lose any game but for a local player not to lose this game always is maybe more important,” said the Spaniard.
“We know (Steven) Gerrard and (Jamie) Carragher can be an inspiration for the other players because they have passion.
“But we have to be professionals and just think about getting three points and it doesn’t matter about the name of the opponents.”
Very true words spoken by the gaffer and in a normal season a win over Everton would be something to cherish but this season all I care about is points no matter the opponent.
