Reina deserves international start

Last updated : 20 November 2007 By Al Campbell
The Reds boss says that Spain have plenty of good goalkeepers to choose from, but Pepe Reina is the best of the lot and deserves to start playing regularly for his country.

"Pepe is one of the best goalkeepers in the world," said Benitez.

"If you analyse his game, his technique is really good. He is also very good physically and mentally he is very strong.

"So, if you take all that into account you have to say he is a very good keeper. For me he is the best keeper in Spain. There are many good keepers in Spain - Casillas, Valdes and so on - but Pepe has everything.

"But he can still get better. He is training well and he knows there are two or three things that he needs to improve. Every player can be better."