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02 Apr 2010 - 09:53:11

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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez was less than pleased with the decision to send off Ryan Babel in the Reds' 2-1 Europa League defeat at Benfica.

Babel was red-carded for pushing home defender Luisao in the face, a confrontation sparked by a tough challenge on Fernando Torres.

Liverpool led 1-0 in their quarter-final first leg when Babel was dismissed, before the home side hit back to win the game thanks to an Oscar Cardozo double.

Benitez commented: "I was surprised because a foul from behind is more serious.

"I would like to analyse the foul before. And after, when one player is shouting in front of the referee after he already has a yellow card.

"It is a big difference when you kick a player from behind to a player touching another in the mouth.

"It is difficult to understand and impossible to change, but we have to move forward and think about Anfield.

"Always decisions against your team you don't like, but you cannot change them and the only way now is to try to be positive.

"Half-time was a 1-0 game and we had confidence, I prefer not to talk about problems or incidents."