Football: Benitez backing Harry to recapture his magic.Byline: ANDY HUNTER
RAFAEL BENITEZ is convinced Harry Kewell Harry Kewell (born September 22,1978 in Smithfield, Sydney), is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Liverpool F.C. in the English Premier League. will soon recapture the form that left him spellbound the first time he watched a Premiership game four years ago. Liverpool's pounds 5million midfielder has begun to impress in recent weeks after a quiet start to the season and a disappointing debut campaign at the club. And Benitez has no doubts Kewell can become an integral part of his new-look Liverpool midfield having witnessed his undoubted quality first hand in October 2000. The Liverpool manager's first taste of English football was as a spectator for Manchester United's 3-0 defeat of Leeds when, despite the scoreline scoreline n (SPORT) → resultado final scoreline n (Sport) → score m scoreline n (SPORT , he was captivated cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. by the then-Elland Road hero. Benitez, who heads back to Old Trafford Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:
``Stam is always a difficult defender to play against but Harry played as the second striker and caused him many problems. With the ball he was dangerous, and his running without the ball was good too. Even though Leeds lost me and Pako (Ayesteran) both said what a fantastic player and I am sure he will improve to that level with us. ``I know that he didn't play at the level he would have liked last season but I have no doubts he will get back there because he has fantastic quality and works hard every day to improve. '' Benitez will take a confident and almost fully fit squad to United on Monday, although considers it ``too early'' to give Chris Kirkland a chance to establish himself in the side ahead of Jerzy Dudek. But the England hopeful is putting pressure on Dudek after playing his first full game of the season following a back injury on Thursday. Kirkland played a full 90 minutes in Liverpool reserves' 1-0 win over Sunderland and can now give Benitez a serious option. ``He played the full game but he needs more, '' said the Liverpool manager; ``But when a manager has two good goalkeepers it is not a problem. '' Florent Sinama-Pongolle could be out with an ankle injury sustained in the reserve fixture. CAPTION(S): Harry Kewell |
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