Wednesday 1st February 2006
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BENI DISAPPOINTED

Rafael Benitez has given his post match reaction to tonight's Anfield draw. "I am very disappointed because when you score one goal you need to score the second to finish the game, especially against 10 men, and we didn't do that," claimed Benitez. "We had a lot of chances but the Birmingham goalkeeper was fantastic. If Luis Garcia had scored from his good chance then we win the game and it is a totally different situation.

"Birmingham were good in the air and we knew that with 10 men they would be looking to get corners and free-kicks which is where they got the equaliser from. I thought we should have had two clear penalties but that is not an excuse for the draw. We can't reply on fouls to win matches. We should have scored when we were a goal up."

Rafael Benitez did have praise for Robbie, but stressed it may take time to get the best out of him.

"We know Robbie needs to improve his physical condition but his movement was really good," enthused Benitez. "What we need to do better is give him better service. Robbie makes good runs and we need to give him the ball in the right areas or exploit the space he creates for others."

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