Yossi praised

Last updated : 27 February 2009 By Al Campbell
The Israel captain headed in the winner against Real Madrid with eight minutes to go on Wednesday and after the game Albert Riera hailed Benayoun.

"I was just in front of Yossi. I think Higuain touched me and that made a bit of space for Yossi, so I left the ball for him and he made a great contact," said the winger.

"It was a great header and a really important goal for us so you have to give Yossi a lot of credit for that.

"It was really good to see the ball hit the back of the net because we know how important away goals can be.

"It was the most important moment and it was a big victory for us because it means that maybe now we have a little bit of an advantage - but it is not a massive advantage.

"We made the game uncomfortable for Real Madrid because we knew that was what we had to do if we were to give ourselves a good chance.

"We always feel that we have a chance because we have some great players and we were waiting for the big moment to come and when it did we were delighted."