Riise full of praise for matchwinner

Last updated : 13 August 2007 By Al Campbell
Liverpool looked they would only be taking a point from a game they had dominated until Steven Gerrard came to the rescue with an 87th minute winner.

"It was an unbelievable free kick from Stevie. That is why he's our best player and one of the best midfield players in the world. The best players can do these kind of things. You couldn't have even placed it in that top corner," said Riise.

"I said to him after the game that I don't even do that in training and there he is doing it in a match like that. There's only one person who could have done that at that time and it was him.

"The most important thing on the day was to get the three points and we did that. It makes the game against Chelsea next weekend even bigger now to see if we can keep it going."