Sunday, September 24, 2006

Rafa happy with goal rush

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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez was delighted to see his team win again at Anfield yesterday against Spurs.

A week ago the Reds looked to have lost their way after successive defeats by Everton and Chelsea and a less than convincing goalless draw in Europe away to Eindhoven.
But two victories in four days, having beaten Newcastle on Wednesday, has them firmly back on course.
Mark Gonzalez, Dirk Kuyt and John Arne Riise were all on the scoresheet for the Reds and Benitez said afterwards: "Before we played the two
games that we lost, people were talking about crucial times. But everything in this division is crucial, every result.
"They were two difficult away games, and we are in the middle of a spell of many important games close together. But we have now won two in succession, things are looking a bit better.
"In the first half we were searching for space and the right pass, but after the break we started with a much higher tempo. That was the key.
"After they made that mistake with the missed chance, we hit them on the counter attack and from then on we got better and took control."