Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was pleased with how his players responded to their recent difficulties as they defeated Manchester United 2-0 this afternoon.
“The players they show good character and the fans behind the players were the twelfth man,” Benitez told Sky Sports.
“I think the passion, the attitude, the character and also some good play some times but especially the mentality, everybody working together from the beginning and we won,” he continued.
“The players they answer a lot of questions and that is the most important thing.”
Benitez maintained that his side are still taking it one game at a time but revealed he was satisfied with the board room support he received before the game.
“One game at a time so we are just thinking about the next game,” the Reds manager explained.
“I'm really pleased because Christian Purslow is supporting me and at the end of the day, supporting the team.
“We have to keep going, we cannot be too excited today. We have to be for a while and we cannot be too excited because we have another game on Wednesday.”
Benitez felt his side answered their critics today.
“For me the team is better than people think going forward and that is the character and the quality that we have so it is just a question of to have a little bit of luck and show this character in any game.”
The Liverpool manager said he had retained faith in his side despite their recent poor results and knew they had to wait for a piece of good fortune to turn things around.
“I was just trying to be focused on my job. I knew that the only way to change things in football is to win games so we have to prepare the game properly and we were doing this before.”
On the Mascherano dismissal, Benitez was focused on seeing the game out and claimed he didn't see the incident.
“I haven't seen it so I can't say because Javier was at the end and we were thinking about how to control the game so I couldn't see the sending off.”
“The players they show good character and the fans behind the players were the twelfth man,” Benitez told Sky Sports.
“I think the passion, the attitude, the character and also some good play some times but especially the mentality, everybody working together from the beginning and we won,” he continued.
“The players they answer a lot of questions and that is the most important thing.”
Benitez maintained that his side are still taking it one game at a time but revealed he was satisfied with the board room support he received before the game.
“One game at a time so we are just thinking about the next game,” the Reds manager explained.
“I'm really pleased because Christian Purslow is supporting me and at the end of the day, supporting the team.
“We have to keep going, we cannot be too excited today. We have to be for a while and we cannot be too excited because we have another game on Wednesday.”
Benitez felt his side answered their critics today.
“For me the team is better than people think going forward and that is the character and the quality that we have so it is just a question of to have a little bit of luck and show this character in any game.”
The Liverpool manager said he had retained faith in his side despite their recent poor results and knew they had to wait for a piece of good fortune to turn things around.
“I was just trying to be focused on my job. I knew that the only way to change things in football is to win games so we have to prepare the game properly and we were doing this before.”
On the Mascherano dismissal, Benitez was focused on seeing the game out and claimed he didn't see the incident.
“I haven't seen it so I can't say because Javier was at the end and we were thinking about how to control the game so I couldn't see the sending off.”
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