BENITEZ: KUYT MAKES IT ALL POSSIBLE

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BENITEZ: KUYT MAKES IT ALL POSSIBLE Jimmy Rice 12 October 2008
	Rafa Benitez believes the 'ugly' work done by Dirk Kuyt is just as important to Liverpool as the goals of Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard.
Kuyt hit his first league strike since November against Man City last week, but the gaffer doesn't measure his Dutch forward's contribution in goals. "His teamwork is amazing," Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv. "When you talk about a team, that's the most important thing. "Players like Kuyt are key. You can use the quality of people like Fernando Torres or Steven Gerrard, but you always need players working really hard. "If you have players with offensive mentality, you need players who can do the ugly jobs. You need to work hard in defence. As a striker, Kuyt is doing his defensive work very well and also scoring important goals." While Kuyt has struggled to find the net in the Premier League, his Champions League record is an impressive 10 in 27 games. Benitez added: "He was scoring goals in the Champions League and now he's scored in the league. I think it was important for him and in the end it was important for us too. "Everyone, especially all his teammates, will be really pleased for him because it is amazing how he works every day, every training session and every game."

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