Liverpool’s Benitez: We deserved to win, penalty or not
Under-fire Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez can count his lucky stars that his side was awarded a penalty to record a 2-2 draw against Birmingham at Anfield on Monday night.
That being the case, the Spaniard believes his side deserved to win the game as they had more possession and created many more chances than their opponents although the visitors would beg to differ.
Benitez was unsure whether or not the penalty awarded to Reds striker David Ngog with about 20 minutes remaining should have been paid but was surprised his team did not score more goals and win the game comfortably.
"We had so many chances and plenty of possessions, at the end we can talk about the penalty - whether it was or was not - but we deserved to win because we had so many opportunities," said Benitez.
"I was talking to him (Ngog) and he said maybe it wasn't a penalty but it was 74 per cent possession again in the first half and it is unbelievable.
"I was really surprised, we had clear chances and we were attacking all the time."
The draw put Liverpool into seventh place on the table but the fact they have recorded just 18 points in 11 matches is some cause for concern in regards to their Premiership chances.
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Results & Fixtures
Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Feb 4th | |||
| Arsenal | Blackburn Rovers | - | 13:00 |
| West Bromwich Albion | Swansea City | - | 15:00 |
| Chelsea | Manchester United | - | 15:00 |
| Norwich City | Bolton Wanderers | - | 15:00 |
| Wigan Athletic | Everton | - | 15:00 |
| Liverpool | Tottenham Hotspur | - | 15:00 |
| Queens Park Rangers | Wolverhampton Wanderers | - | 15:00 |
| Stoke City | Sunderland | - | 15:00 |
| Newcastle United | Aston Villa | - | 15:00 |
| Manchester City | Fulham | - | 17:30 |
| Sun Feb 5th | |||
| Newcastle United | Aston Villa | - | 13:30 |
| Chelsea | Manchester United | - | 16:00 |
| Mon Feb 6th | |||
| Liverpool | Tottenham Hotspur | - | 20:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 54 |
| Manchester United | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 54 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 49 |
| Chelsea | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 42 |
| Newcastle United | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 39 |
| Liverpool | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 38 |
| Arsenal | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 37 |
| Sunderland | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| Stoke City | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | -12 | 30 |
| Everton | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 29 |
| Norwich City | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 29 |
| Aston Villa | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 28 |
| Fulham | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 27 |
| Swansea City | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 27 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 26 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -15 | 21 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | -19 | 20 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 18 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -18 | 18 |
| Wigan Athletic | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -28 | 15 |
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Comments (7)
United deserved to win against Chelsea but we didn't, the ref gave us nowt, I don't think Liverpool can moan after your player did the fandango, i'm sure you'll give us the cup final routine next time we meet.
Benitez is dumber then a bag of hammers! He's talking gobbeldigook! You don't win by creating chances you dego dumbFUCK!
Looking forward to see if DiviNGOG will get just as much stick as Eduardo did. The media wanted to crucify Eduardo! But...since diviNgGOG is a scouser player playing next to Capt Fantastic(diving) Gerrard nothing will happen.
Deserved to win ,So what about Birmingham..need that fuuckiing fake penalty to draw..Benifuck your team is too cheap that you can win a trophy this season...Even the Carling Cup(Second team playing) you failed ....Start crying now and succks
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