Source: Liverpool_Echo
New injury scare for Daniel Agger as Rafa Benitez backs Liverpool FC defence
Daniel Agger, Liverpool FC[LNB]RAFA BENITEZ today backed Martin Skrtel and Jamie Carragher to prove the doubters wrong - as Daniel Agger was at the centre of a new injury scare.[LNB]Both defenders have found their form called into question during the opening months of the season after Liverpool have conceded an unusually high amount of goals.[LNB]The only time the Reds have kept a clean sheet with them in the middle was in the 4-0 drubbing of Burnley in September, but Benitez is confident that is about to change. [LNB]He has taken heart from the pair's battling efforts in the 2-0 defeat at Chelsea last Sunday and expects their normal miserly service to be resumed after the international break.[LNB]'If you analyse the performance of the centre- backs, it was clear to see they were much better and that was the positive thing to take from the game,' said Benitez.[LNB]'Skrtel is a really good player and 'Carra' was doing better again; maybe you could say something about the second goal but the signs, for me, were much better.[LNB]'It was a difficult game for the central defenders to play and you know that when you come up against the top sides you must keep it tight.[LNB]'We paid for one mistake (in midfield) but, in the main, I was very pleased with the performances of Skrtel and 'Carra' and they were doing the right things.'
