Benitez seeks Reds improvement

17 August 2009 08:06
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez concedes his side must do better after they started the season with a 2-1 defeat at Spurs. Goals from Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Sebastien Bassong - either side of Steven Gerrard`s penalty - inflicted an opening-day defeat on the Reds, who lost just two league games last season. "We did not play well in the first half, but were much better in the second, when we pushed harder and had more options in the final third," Benitez said. "Clearly we have to improve if we want to win these types of games. "We have to improve in the middle, keeping the ball. The understanding has to be better. "But it is too early, and we have another game on Wednesday when clearly we have to improve in the possession."

Source: Eurosport