Benitez: No one can underestimate us
Rafael Benitez has warned that no team in Europe can afford to take Liverpool lightly after his side progressed to the Champions League quarter-finals with a fine victory over Bayer Leverkusen last night.
Luis Garcia scored two opportunist goals in the first half to put the tie beyond the 2002 runners-up and Milan Baros added a third midway through the second period.
It secured a 6-2 aggregate victory and a 10th place in the last eight of this competition for Liverpool.
Benitez, who took Valencia to UEFA Cup glory last season, believes Liverpool will now have made a few of the European superpowers sit up and take notice.
He said: “Nobody can underestimate us, it gives us more confidence. Other teams will see our performance and know they must be careful against us. They will know now that there are no easy games at this stage of the competition.
“But I realise how important it is for the club, the players, the fans and the staff to stay in the Champions League for as long as possible.”
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