Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez was pleased for Sami Hyypia after he was named Finnish Football of the Year for the seventh time last week.

Benitez told liverpoolfc.tv: "Yes, if he can receive this award in three or four years time then he will have won it 10 times, that's if he can play until he is 40, though.

"He is a very good professional and he's a nice lad; a very good player. You could see that the other day, and when he's not playing he is working very hard with the rest of the players."