Rafa on Skrtel and Unirea

26th Feb 2010 - Latest News

Rafael Benitez fears Martin Martin Skrtel may have broken his toe during Liverpool's 3-1 win over Unirea Urziceni in the Europa League on Thursday night.

The Reds completed a 4-1 aggregate win in Bucharest, but Benitez's main concern is now with his injured Slovakian international.

Watch highlights, all the goals and 90 seconds of action and analysis from our 3-1 win>>

"I think he maybe has a broken toe and I have to check with the doctor," the boss revealed after the game.

"We will have to check but I don't think it's good news for us."

Reflecting on his side's overall performance, Benitez added: "I think it was a difficult game and the pitch was terrible so we knew it could be tough and very demanding for the players.

"We conceded a goal and we then had to be calm and just keep playing our game.

"They have good deliveries from set pieces and it was difficult to defend but then we scored our goal and scored again from a set piece. At the end of the day we knew it could be like this tonight."

Javier Mascherano scored a spectacular goal to get Liverpool level on the night and ahead on aggregate, and Benitez said: "He is always trying to shoot from outside the box and this is something he can improve but tonight it was really good."

Ryan Babel also netted with a superb finish and the boss was pleased with his overall display.

Benitez added: "Ryan is working hard and has been doing well in the training sessions so that is the way the players have to be if they want to play.

"They will have more options and he is doing well and can play more games."

Click here to watch Javier talk about his wonder strike>>

Author: Steve Hunter
Tagged: Benitez , Europa , Europa League , Rafa , Rafael Benitez , Unirea



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well done babel, played weel and showed great skill, your offically in contension for the blackburn game. great to see Stevy playing good and kelly coming from the bench. will kelly play at blackburn due to only having 2 defenders or will johnson play Eg: carra-CB agger-CB insua-LB ?????-RB
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25th Feb 2010 21:30
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