Reina: i wish we had henry.
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:20 pmBy Paul Rodgers.
Pepe Reina today claimed that Thierry Henry was the difference at the weekend and revealed he'd love nothing more than to have a Liverpool version of the Highbury superstar as an Anfield team-mate.
Henry was unstoppable at Highbury on Sunday as he twice beat Reina in the Liverpool goal to claim all three points for his side and the former Villareal 'keeper admits he could only stand and applaud the Arsenal striker's skill on the day.
"Arsenal are one of the strongest teams we've faced since I joined Liverpool," claims Reina. "Henry and Fabregas are great players but for me, Henry was the key to the game. Without doubt he was their best player. He was involved in every incident and when you have these kinds of player in your team, anything can happen. There is always danger.
"He decided the game for them. There aren't many players in the world like him, but I wish we had someone similar. Each moment he had the ball, there was a threat. He caused many problems and in the first half, maybe we were a little afraid of him. In the second half we were better and had some chances, but when you're against Henry you know what can happen."
Despite two defeats in the space of a week, Reina believes the season is far from over for the Reds.
"We must look forward and fight for our targets," he says. "We must still believe we can catch Manchester United and finish second. We must be positive to ensure we remain in the top four. It's now very important to win on Wednesday. It is a home game and we know it will be a different challenge to yesterday. It's not an easy game, but we need three points. The most important thing is to bounce back and learn from this."
Two words spring to mind... Michael and Owen. I know there has been a number of topics on Michael but it just made me feel that Jens Lehman should have been saying all this about him. While all this talk is going on about Defoe, kuyt etc there is only one person who should be coming in the summer. I really do hope he returns home.
By the way the topic should have been i wish we had our own Henry.
Pepe Reina today claimed that Thierry Henry was the difference at the weekend and revealed he'd love nothing more than to have a Liverpool version of the Highbury superstar as an Anfield team-mate.
Henry was unstoppable at Highbury on Sunday as he twice beat Reina in the Liverpool goal to claim all three points for his side and the former Villareal 'keeper admits he could only stand and applaud the Arsenal striker's skill on the day.
"Arsenal are one of the strongest teams we've faced since I joined Liverpool," claims Reina. "Henry and Fabregas are great players but for me, Henry was the key to the game. Without doubt he was their best player. He was involved in every incident and when you have these kinds of player in your team, anything can happen. There is always danger.
"He decided the game for them. There aren't many players in the world like him, but I wish we had someone similar. Each moment he had the ball, there was a threat. He caused many problems and in the first half, maybe we were a little afraid of him. In the second half we were better and had some chances, but when you're against Henry you know what can happen."
Despite two defeats in the space of a week, Reina believes the season is far from over for the Reds.
"We must look forward and fight for our targets," he says. "We must still believe we can catch Manchester United and finish second. We must be positive to ensure we remain in the top four. It's now very important to win on Wednesday. It is a home game and we know it will be a different challenge to yesterday. It's not an easy game, but we need three points. The most important thing is to bounce back and learn from this."
Two words spring to mind... Michael and Owen. I know there has been a number of topics on Michael but it just made me feel that Jens Lehman should have been saying all this about him. While all this talk is going on about Defoe, kuyt etc there is only one person who should be coming in the summer. I really do hope he returns home.
By the way the topic should have been i wish we had our own Henry.
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