"The team played well, they were organised and we kept a clean sheet which was good. We have done the things people asked us to do, we played good football and scored two good goals," he said.
"We needed the second goal and Bolo was fresh to come off the bench and do that in front of the Kop.
"I thought the strikers worked hard and created space for the midfielders. It was an important game for Morientes and he worked hard, played well and gave us a lot of possibilities with his passing and link-up play.
"Gerrard is a very important player for us and played well. He played on the right, left and between the lines today. Steven gave us options on the right with his crosses and intelligent running. It's a possibility I will play him there again if it means there is a better balance to the team."