Benitez thrilled with victory

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has hailed the performance of his team following their stunning 2-1 victory over European Champions Barcelona in the Nou Camp.

"I said before in the press conference that the atmosphere between the players was really good and you could see today them all working very hard for the team, for the club and for the supporters," said Benitez.
 
"For me I am really pleased with Bellamy and John scoring these goals and also pleased for the team too.

"The players have done a very good job, we were training and working very hard to prepare for this game and to play Barcelona is not easy.

"I think that the team was very good at playing counter-attack."

He added: "We started well but after we conceded a goal - we made a mistake that was clear, we did not play well for the last part of the first half,"

"The second half we had better ideas, good movement and we played good counter-attack and then the team were better.

"Sometimes you have luck (referring to the first goal), and we had luck, but afterwards I felt we deserved the final score."

"At the end of the day we need to play another game, I don't want to say that everything is done, we need to be careful and think about the next game also."