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Benitez Gives Honest Assessment

Published by Daniel Watchorn on August 14, 2008

Following Liverpool’s poor display against Standard Liege, Benitez met with the press and gave a frank assessment of the evenings game which ended goalless.

The Spaniard told liverpoolfc.tv, “I think we were lucky not to concede. The performance was poor but the result was good. They were very aggressive and we could not keep the ball. Our passes were bad and we always lost the first and second ball.”

Benitez mentioned that the loss of key players was partly to blame for the poor result, eluding to the early return of either Babel or Mascherano in the coming days, “I have been really pleased with the commitment of the players in the pre-season but this game was different, it was difficult and we didn’t play well. Fabio Aurelio and Skrtel have been training and when they are available we will have more options.

“Argentina play Holland in the Olympics too, so one player (Mascherano or Babel) will return earlier. If you have more players competing for places it is better for the team.” he added.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Pepe Reina conceded that the boys will have to finish the job off back at Anfield, declaring they must improve on tonight’s performance.

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