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RAFA EXPLAINS BLACKBURN SELECTION
0 Comments Published by KL Ocs Kid on Monday, November 5, 2007 at 5:34 PM.
| Rafael Benitez has explained the thinking behind his team selection for Saturday's goalless draw at Blackburn. | |
| The point at Ewood Park extended the Reds' unbeaten record in the league this season to eleven games, although the manager was left frustrated that his side didn't take any of their late chances to claim maximum points. Benitez opted to start with just one recognised striker on the field in Dirk Kuyt, but he believes the work of his team enabled substitutes Peter Crouch and Harry Kewell to make an impact when they joined the action late in the game. "Sometimes when players play 20 minutes or half an hour, they are more important for the team," said Benitez. "At the end we were more dangerous for three reasons. They were more tired, Harry is a player who can beat players in a wide area and also because we had Crouch. "So they are the three reasons why we had more options to attack. We were playing with the same idea, just with different players and different qualities. "Harry was beating players, but Ryan Babel and Yossi Benayoun tend to go inside. With those, you don't need a target man who can play in the air. "But with a winger like Harry or players like Gerrard and Finnan, who can cross, you need a player who is good in the air. "Today, Harry couldn’t play from the beginning, but when he came on his impact was very important for us and Crouch was the same. "Maybe from the beginning would have been different because they were working hard between the lines and in the middle. We knew they were really dangerous in the middle, but when they were tired, we had more chances. "Crouch is a target man, so we could play more long balls for him and win the second balls. In the first half, we had to do it with ability on the ground, so it's different. "You could talk about any player who didn't play, Voronin or Lucas, the same with Arbeloa and Aurelio. People will talk and talk, but creating five chances is enough to win this game." | |
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