Liverpool fans 'rattled' Inter Milan - Jamie Carragher
Feb 21 2008 by Tony Barrett, Liverpool Echo
JAMIE CARRAGHER today hailed the Liverpool fans for helping to "rattle" Inter Milan - and called on his team-mates to ensure the Reds qualify for next season's Champions League.
Liverpool produced one of their finest performances of the season in beating the Italian champions 2-0, but Carragher insists they must now reproduce that form in the Premier League as they battle to secure fourth place.
He said: “We realise that we’ve now got three or four league games before the second leg in Milan and we’re going to have to make sure that we are in this competition next season.
“There’s something about us when we play in Europe but we’ve got a job to do in the Premiership and we have to make sure we don’t lose sight of that.”
Carragher was again hugely impressed with the atmosphere created by the Anfield crowd on Tuesday night and he credited the fans with playing a key role in unsettling Inter.
“We’ve had a few of them now,” he said.
“I wouldn’t say you take them for granted but the fans always put on their best performances on a European night. That goes right through the history of the club and I’m sure it will be the same for however long the club is going.
“We’ve always had special European nights and this was another one.
“We always try and make a good start in European games at home, get in people’s faces and set a high tempo and the crowd play a big part in that.
“I think we rattled Inter Milan in the first 15-20 minutes and the crowd played as big a part in that as anyone.
“I’m running out of things to say about the fans but they proved once again that they’re the best in Europe.”
Though delighted with the two goals Liverpool scored and the clean sheet they kept, Carragher believes the tie is a long way from being over.
He said: “We realised how tough it would be before the game but we started quite well and then the sending off had a big impact.
“I thought Inter defended brilliantly at times but in the end we got a couple of goals. If someone had offered us that before the game we would have been delighted but I’m still expecting a really difficult game when we go over there.
“Credit to the lads though, they kept on plugging away and that’s why we ended up getting the two goals.
“I would have loved to have got another one before the end but it was very important not to concede one and that was a big thing on our minds.
“Even when it was 1-0 we would have been delighted with that result but to get the second one, thanks to a great goal by Stevie, was the icing on the cake.”
Feb 21 2008 by Tony Barrett, Liverpool Echo
JAMIE CARRAGHER today hailed the Liverpool fans for helping to "rattle" Inter Milan - and called on his team-mates to ensure the Reds qualify for next season's Champions League.
Liverpool produced one of their finest performances of the season in beating the Italian champions 2-0, but Carragher insists they must now reproduce that form in the Premier League as they battle to secure fourth place.
He said: “We realise that we’ve now got three or four league games before the second leg in Milan and we’re going to have to make sure that we are in this competition next season.
“There’s something about us when we play in Europe but we’ve got a job to do in the Premiership and we have to make sure we don’t lose sight of that.”
Carragher was again hugely impressed with the atmosphere created by the Anfield crowd on Tuesday night and he credited the fans with playing a key role in unsettling Inter.
“We’ve had a few of them now,” he said.
“I wouldn’t say you take them for granted but the fans always put on their best performances on a European night. That goes right through the history of the club and I’m sure it will be the same for however long the club is going.
“We’ve always had special European nights and this was another one.
“We always try and make a good start in European games at home, get in people’s faces and set a high tempo and the crowd play a big part in that.
“I think we rattled Inter Milan in the first 15-20 minutes and the crowd played as big a part in that as anyone.
“I’m running out of things to say about the fans but they proved once again that they’re the best in Europe.”
Though delighted with the two goals Liverpool scored and the clean sheet they kept, Carragher believes the tie is a long way from being over.
He said: “We realised how tough it would be before the game but we started quite well and then the sending off had a big impact.
“I thought Inter defended brilliantly at times but in the end we got a couple of goals. If someone had offered us that before the game we would have been delighted but I’m still expecting a really difficult game when we go over there.
“Credit to the lads though, they kept on plugging away and that’s why we ended up getting the two goals.
“I would have loved to have got another one before the end but it was very important not to concede one and that was a big thing on our minds.
“Even when it was 1-0 we would have been delighted with that result but to get the second one, thanks to a great goal by Stevie, was the icing on the cake.”
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