Sami praises squad strength

"It's good because we have so many games in the season that we have somebody to replace them and make a hard time for the defence," said the Liverpool captain.

Salif Diao, in the side for the injured Steven Gerrard, scored the only goal of the game to take Liverpool top of the Premiership table, if only temporarily.

"It's always hard to come here and we have a good record here. Tomorrow we travel to Moscow and have a hard game there too.

"You sometimes need luck and good teams always get good luck. We'll do our best to stay at the top of the table."