Source: FOOTYMAD
Boss pleased with win
Roy Hodgson was delighted with yesterday's win. The Reds brought an end to an awful run of form by beating Blackburn 2-1 at Anfield. The performance as well as the result was pleasing to the boss. "There were elements of our play today which were quite visible in the matches we've lost or drawn. So I don't want to suggest that everything's suddenly hunky dory," said Hodgson. "But it was more than deserved and I'm very, very happy with the way the team played - particularly in the first 70 minutes. "The confidence with which players passed the ball and moved was quite surprising given our table position. "We made it clear to everyone: this is our game, we're going to take it to you, we're going to make certain we put you under pressure, we're going to be quick to pressurise when we lose the ball. "I thought the passing and movement was as good, if not better than it's been but we were more incisive. We got in more crosses, got more bodies into the box for crosses, we had an enormous number of corner kicks and looked dangerous from those corner kicks, which is nice to see. "It was a big ask for the players today. It's all very well having must-win games and saying 'This is the one we need to win', but there's an opponent out there that wants to stop you. And you can never get it out of your mind how bad it's going to be if you make a mistake. "It's been a good week because it was a good performance in Napoli and it was important to back that up today, and I'm very pleased we were able to."
