Rafa hails Gerrard

Last updated : 02 October 2008 By Al Campbell
Gerrard scored his 100th Liverpool goal in last night's 3-1 stroll over PSV Eindhoven and was praised by a delighted Rafa Benitez.

"100 goals is always a very good figure, but it is especially good for a midfielder," he said.

"He is one of the best offensive midfielders in the world and hopefully he will go on to score many for us in the future.

"It was a good day. There were lots of positive things. The team continues to win, we were solid and had good balance and that is what you need to win.

"It was almost a perfect night. A clean sheet would have made it better but I am really pleased.

"The third goal finished the game and although they got one back, it is normally enough and we knew there was not much time for them to get back into it."