After reading Rafas comments from the other day i dug this out of my inbox and wondered what Rafa had done to let the scum go years ahead of us on the field(his words)
From: "Rafael Benitez" <[email protected]>
To: "Rafael Benitez" <[email protected]>
Subject: We are on the same level as United
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:39:54 +0100
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Dear Liverpool supporter,
United are one of the best teams in England and we played at the same level
as them on Sunday. To me it shows we are another step higher, on another l
evel. It is a good point. United are a top-three team. Last season we lost
to them, but this time we drew and controlled the game. Now we need to see
how we play against Chelsea and Arsenal. We can improve but we are now cont
rolling games and going forward.
Of course the lack of goals concerns me but I prefer to look at the positiv
es. We have kept four clean sheets in a row and that is a positive thing. O
kay we need to score goals but that will come. We wanted to win the game bu
t they are a very good team and both teams didn't create many chances. Last
season we lost twice to this team so we have got a point this time.
I thought Peter Crouch did a good job for us in attack. We tried to get the
ball to him early and then play off the first or second ball but they are
a good team with good players and sometimes it's not easy to break them dow
n. There were two or three balls in the box when Steven Gerrard and Luis Ga
rcia almost got on to them. We tried to play wide and on the counter attack
but as I said they are a good team and you need to be at your best and pla
y really well to beat them.
People ask if this result suits Chelsea but I am only interested in my team
and we are improving. We are now at the same level as Manchester United an
d we will keep on improving.
Regards
Rafael Benitez
Liverpool Manager
From: "Rafael Benitez" <[email protected]>
To: "Rafael Benitez" <[email protected]>
Subject: We are on the same level as United
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:39:54 +0100
Content-Type: text/plain
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Dear Liverpool supporter,
United are one of the best teams in England and we played at the same level
as them on Sunday. To me it shows we are another step higher, on another l
evel. It is a good point. United are a top-three team. Last season we lost
to them, but this time we drew and controlled the game. Now we need to see
how we play against Chelsea and Arsenal. We can improve but we are now cont
rolling games and going forward.
Of course the lack of goals concerns me but I prefer to look at the positiv
es. We have kept four clean sheets in a row and that is a positive thing. O
kay we need to score goals but that will come. We wanted to win the game bu
t they are a very good team and both teams didn't create many chances. Last
season we lost twice to this team so we have got a point this time.
I thought Peter Crouch did a good job for us in attack. We tried to get the
ball to him early and then play off the first or second ball but they are
a good team with good players and sometimes it's not easy to break them dow
n. There were two or three balls in the box when Steven Gerrard and Luis Ga
rcia almost got on to them. We tried to play wide and on the counter attack
but as I said they are a good team and you need to be at your best and pla
y really well to beat them.
People ask if this result suits Chelsea but I am only interested in my team
and we are improving. We are now at the same level as Manchester United an
d we will keep on improving.
Regards
Rafael Benitez
Liverpool Manager
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