Source: Eurosport
Benitez: We didn`t play well
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez was philosophical about the freak goal which gifted Sunderland a 1-0 win and dented the Reds' title hopes.
The Black Cats won courtesy of Darren Bent's eighth goal of the season, which flew past Reds goalkeeper Jose Reina after hitting a beach ball which had been thrown on to the pitch from the Liverpool fans.
Benitez said: "It's a very technical question. It could be a goal, it's difficult to say. In this case, it has to be a goal.
"These things can happen in a lot of games. It was a bad situation for us - it was in the middle [of the goal] and it was very influential.
"But we didn't play well, that is the main thing for me."
