The best display yet

Last updated : 11 September 2004 By Kevin Smith

Steven Gerrard, Steve Finnan and Luis Garcia scored the goals to give the Reds three valuable points.

"Perhaps it was our best display of the season because we scored three goals, had a lot of chances and played with a lot more movement," said the Liverpool boss after the game..

"I said that Luis Garcia would be a good player for us because he is different. He understands what I want to do and he can score goals and I think he will be a good player for us.

"Gerrard is going to be an important player for us. When he starts playing the team starts playing with more confidence, and his goal got the crowd going which is also important for the players.

"We still need more time, I'm not sure how much longer because it's impossible to know, but we have seen today a better team with more balance and better movement, but it is still a small step on the way."