Be Solid At The Back!

18 Oct 2006 Bordeaux 0-1 Liverpool - CL Group Stage

Liverpoolfc.tv- Crouch's 56th minute goal was enough to secure an impressive 1-0 victory in France that significantly boosts the club's chances of qualifying for the knockout phase of the competition. The striker had earlier spurned two glorious opportunities to break the deadlock in the Stade Chaban-Delmas but made no mistake when stooping to powerfully head home from close-range from a Craig Bellamy corner on the right.

Semi: "When we keep a clean sheet and win 1-0, that's enough for me. There had to be a response after the last couple of games, and when we spoke beforehand we said we really needed the clean sheet. Sometimes you need to go back to basics and make it the main objective not to allow the opposition to score. This was an example of that, to make sure we get the defending right and then take whatever opportunity came our way.

"We created chances too, so it wasn't all about defending. We played well as a team defensively. When we decide to make ourselves difficult to beat, we are. I don't know what's gone wrong in other games, but last night I was very pleased."