Martin Skrtel is delighted to be back in the Liverpool side following his recovery from a serious knee injury that kept him sidelined for several weeks.
The centre-back started the goalless draw against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday after emerging from the bench to make his comeback in the 5-1 dismantling of Newcastle United at St James' Park. He was obviously pleased to be back in the team, but acknowledged that he still has some work to do on his match fitness.
"I felt fine in my first full game after recovery," he told TASR. "I must admit though that in the last five minutes I was exhausted.
"Overall though, I am positive about my performance."
Skrtel was also upbeat about the draw at Stoke, even though Liverpool have now dropped four points to the Potters this season with two draws. Skrtel feels that Tony Pulis's men are genuinely difficult opponents.
"It was a very difficult game. We played against a good team that played well," he continued.
"Stoke have a lot of tall and strong players in their squad, so it was difficult for us. They played rather aggressively and pushed up front. This style of football will cause problems for any Premiership side.
"We were not lucky. We had some chances there, but Stoke also had some, so the result was fair in the end."
Next up for Liverpool are two Mersey derbies with Everton, a league game next Monday closely followed by the FA Cup fourth round tie six days later. Both games are at Anfield.
The centre-back started the goalless draw against Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday after emerging from the bench to make his comeback in the 5-1 dismantling of Newcastle United at St James' Park. He was obviously pleased to be back in the team, but acknowledged that he still has some work to do on his match fitness.
"I felt fine in my first full game after recovery," he told TASR. "I must admit though that in the last five minutes I was exhausted.
"Overall though, I am positive about my performance."
Skrtel was also upbeat about the draw at Stoke, even though Liverpool have now dropped four points to the Potters this season with two draws. Skrtel feels that Tony Pulis's men are genuinely difficult opponents.
"It was a very difficult game. We played against a good team that played well," he continued.
"Stoke have a lot of tall and strong players in their squad, so it was difficult for us. They played rather aggressively and pushed up front. This style of football will cause problems for any Premiership side.
"We were not lucky. We had some chances there, but Stoke also had some, so the result was fair in the end."
Next up for Liverpool are two Mersey derbies with Everton, a league game next Monday closely followed by the FA Cup fourth round tie six days later. Both games are at Anfield.
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