Rafa praises Keane

Last updated : 29 September 2008 By Al Campbell
Although Keane was unable to score himself he did play a part in both of Fernando Torres' goals earning him the praise of his manager.

"Robbie was doing a good job for the team and played his part in both of our goals. I think the team did a really good job and each player did their job really well," said Benitez.

"We are level on points with Chelsea at the top of the table and I am really pleased and I hope we can stay there for a long time. We can talk about the next game with more confidence. We have confidence and you can see the team is playing well and has a good balance.

"We are strong in defence and we know we can create in attack so that is very important. When you are playing well we know we can beat anyone."