Source: Liverpool_Echo
No need to change defensive outlook - Liverpool FC boss Rafa Benitez
RAFA BENITEZ insisted he will not change his defensive system - despite conceding three more goals from set plays last night.
All five of the goals shipped by the Reds this season have come from set pieces - including a free-kick, a corner and a penalty in last night's home defeat by Aston Villa.
But the Reds boss insisted he does not need any more height in his back four, nor does he need to change his much debated system of zonal marking.
'We are a team that tries to play football and we have players with quality,' he rapped.
'If you have too many big lads it can become difficult. We try to play it on the ground, try to move the ball - and we had a lot of chances trying to play it this way.
'Eighty-six points (last season's final Premier League total) prove that it is a good system. To concede only 10 goals last season from set pieces also proves it is a good system.
'Obviously we can always improve and we will try to improve.'
But the Reds boss did condemn his players for making 'too many mistakes.'
It was Villa's first win of the season, and ended Liverpool's 31-match unbeaten league run dating back to December 2007.
Benitez said: 'In the first 20 minutes we created plenty of chances and played well. Then we conceded the own goal and started to make more mistakes.
'We have lost and we know we have to improve. I felt we had a chance when Fernando Torres scored, but the penalty finished it. It was a clear penalty.
'We now know that we have to go to Bolton on Saturday and win. Everything could change if we do that, our confidence will improve.'
