Benitez – This is the start of our winning run
The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is happy that his team picked up a hard-fought three points at Goodison Park yesterday, and i hopeful that this will be the start of the winning run they need to get back up into the top four in the Premiership.
“This was a really important victory for us,” Benitez told his post-match press conference.
“We won in Debrecen in midweek and we knew that we needed to keep winning. A derby is always a very difficult game and also very important, so to win today could be a boost for the rest of the season.
“We are higher in the table now and everybody is happy. We will see if we can now keep winning games.
“It was clearly a very difficult game. From the beginning they were playing a very direct game and also dangerous from set pieces. It was very difficult to control and stop them because they are big and good in the air, so I thought we showed character.
“We were trying to play counter-attack and sometimes our possession was good, and other times it wasn’t so good. They were on top of us but we showed character, we won and scored two goals, and at the end of the game we had better control.”
“I thought our defending as a team was very good and that is a positive thing for the future. Agger and Carra did a very good job and we had Mascherano and Lucas working so hard in the midfield helping the defence.
“Carra is the one who talks and can organise the team, and he showed great character again.
“Always it is important to win, and to win games in a row is key if you want to stay high up the table and be in the top four. At this moment we have to take one game at a time. We have done our job today and we have to enjoy it.
“We have a week now to prepare for our next game against Blackburn and hopefully we can get another victory.”
And another and another and another!
