Liverpool’s Joe Cole admitted he was happy to open the scoring for the Reds on Thursday night in their 4-1 victory over Steaua Bucharest in the Europa League and hailed the result as “massive” for Roy Hodgson’s men.
The former Chelsea man opened the scoring after just 27 seconds and although the visitors equalized through Tanase in the first half, Liverpool went on to secure victory courtesy of a Lucas strike and a David Ngog brace.
Speaking to Channel Five after the game, Cole admitted he was simply happy to be on the pitch after sitting out recent games due to a domestic suspension picked up for a red card against Arsenal on the opening day of the Premier League season.
“I’ve been really a month without playing so I’m happy to get a first goal for the team and a great start in the Europa League,” he said.
“I think teams come here and try and sit back and they [Steaua Bucharest] put a lot of work in to stopping us playing in the first half and we managed to break them down more and more and the game opened up and we managed to get the goals.”
The win gives Liverpool a great start to their European campaign and they next face a trip to FC Utrecht at the end of the month with Cole knowing exactly what his team will need to do to qualify from the group.
“It’s massive [beating Steaua] you’ve got to win your home games it’s very important,” he added.
“If you can win your three home games and get one away draw that can see you through. It was a tough game tonight but a good result.”
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