Carra back to his best

Rafael Benítez has praised Jamie Carragher for his display in Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Manchester United on Sunday and believes it puts to bed claims that the defender is past his best.
Carragher, 31, has by his own admission endured a difficult start to the season but was outstanding against United, when he captained Liverpool in the absence of the injured Steven Gerrard. "Jamie played well. He had been having a difficult time but the only thing to do in such a situation is to try again and try again," said Benítez.
"It was only a question of keeping working hard, and he proved that he is a good centre-back and not at the end of his career just yet. He showed what a good defender he still is and [collectively] we have shown that we are not a bad team, not a bad squad. Maybe next April people will again judge us but at this moment we have enough quality.
"We have had five players injured, all at once. But when we are all fit we are difficult for anyone to beat."
On his own position, the Spaniard maintained: "I have not been reading the papers, or listening to anything. I was only trying to keep focused, and the players the same.
"We knew we were not that bad. We had won six on the trot before this run of four defeats, and we got 86 points last season. We are not as bad as people were saying.
"The players responded to the messages they had been given. It was simple, keep training the same way, keep working hard and things will change. In football you can talk a lot but if you do not work hard you will not change anything.
"We worked hard on lots of things, but the main thing was that everyone was together, the team, the fans, the staff. The attitude was fantastic, and you can see that we can beat anyone.
"This was the perfect answer, the perfect response because we were not winning. It was a result that will please a lot of people, maybe not United. But I have been saying all season that the top sides will lose more points that you would expect, that will make the title race more open. This is the proof."