"Carra did brilliantly in midfield against Portsmouth and I think he deserved his man-of-the-match award," the Finn told LFC Magazine.
"He looked as if he has always played in that position, and most importantly for me and Daniel Agger, he gave us a lot of protection. He understands how important that is.
"I was very impressed with his distribution – he always found a red shirt.
"He started his Liverpool career there and I'm glad he was chosen to fill that role – because the manager had been talking about playing me in that position!
"Don't get me wrong, if the manager had asked me to play there for Liverpool then of course I would have said yes.
"The people in England will only have seen me play in the back four but in Holland I used to play there quite often – when I was younger than I am now!
"It was also the position in which I made my debut for the Finland national team. I used to enjoy playing there because you see a lot of the ball and are always involved in the game."