Rafa salutes squad depth

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The Reds hammered French side Toulouse 4-0 at Anfield to seal a 5-0 aggregate victory, and Benitez was quick to hail the depth of his squad.

He said: "I now do not need to talk a lot about one or two star players all the time, I have players everywhere who want to play and have the ability to play."

Peter Crouch opened the scoring after just 19 minutes and captain for the night Sami Hyypia made light of a broken nose to head home the second just after the break.

Dirk Kuyt gained his reward with the third after 87 minutes, drilling a shot in off the far post, and he added a fourth in injury time.

Benitez added: "I was very pleased with the performance. You can see the quality in every position. I have two players to choose from now for every place.

"I know Peter Crouch has been out of the last two games and he has now scored eight in his last 10 games in Europe. But if the team keeps winning and everyone else scores goals as well, I will be happy.

"I was able to bring in (Yossi) Benayoun, (Sebastian) Leto and Lucas (Leiva) for this game and they all did well."