RAFA: ONLY ONE TEAM WANTED TO WIN

Steve Hunter 03 February 2007 Rafael Benitez couldn't hide his frustration after the goalless draw with Everton and felt Liverpool were the only team that wanted to win the match.

The Liverpool manager believes his team did everything to try and win and that Everton came only to defend. "There was only one team that wanted to win and one team that didn't want to lose and it is frustrating because we deserved to win the game," insisted Benitez. "They had a chance in the second half after our mistake but Pepe made a good save. Apart from that we controlled everything. We had three strikers and Pennant and Riise saw a lot of the ball but they had nine men all the time behind the ball. "When you play against the smaller teams at Anfield you know the game will be narrow and compact and at times we were a little bit nervous. We have to be disappointed not to have taken all three points."