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ALONSO DELIGHTED WITH PERFECT WEEK
Paul Hassall
17 March 2008
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Xabi Alonso reflected on a perfect week after he celebrated the birth of his first child by helping the Reds maintain their hopes of a fourth place finish with victory over Reading.
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The Spanish playmaker missed the famous midweek win over Inter Milan at the San Siro to witness the arrival of his new-born son, but capped a memorable seven days by returning to play an important role in the win over Steve Coppell's men.
"It's been a great week, for the club of course and for me personally," said Alonso.
"It's really exciting and I am happy with everything at the moment."
With tough fixtures on the horizon it was important that Liverpool picked up three points against Reading and Alonso admits they made it difficult for themselves after conceding an early opener to Marek Matejovsky.
"It was a very tough game," he said.
"They did very well scoring from that set piece at the start of the game. It left us with a hard task but we were lucky enough to score two goals.
"At the end they pushed hard and we had to defend but we were good enough to claim the three points that we needed to remain in fourth place."
Alonso also expressed his delight for teammate Javier Mascherano who finally broke his duck for the Reds with a rasping 23-yard strike.
"I am pleased for Javier, he has finally got his goal," he said.
"I enjoy working with him, he has great defensive qualities, and has been trying to score, but it wasn't happening.
"He is a typical Argentinian player who sits in front of the defence and breaks up the play.
"He holds his position there and does that job really well. You cannot ask for much more, but he is getting forward now and has much more to his game."
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