Benitez delighted (audio)

Last Updated : 02-Dec-2004 by
"I'm pleased for me, the fans and the lads," he told the press after the game.

"I thought we played very well, not so well in the first half but for the rest of the match." Florent Sinama Pongolle converted two penalties, one in the shoot-out.

"The first one was real pressure as it was the last five minutes of the game and I changed my mind at the last minute with the second.

"This result is good for the team and for me as well."

Click here to listen to his post-match interview with the BBC