Late show: Rodriguez squeezes the ball home to seal the
points at Bolton
Samba star: World Cup winner Romario knew how to put
the ball in the net
Liverpool
midfielder Lucas got so carried away with his side's
mini-revival he compared Sunday's match-winner Maxi Rodriguez to
Brazil legend Romario.
Argentinian Rodriguez scored the only goal of the game at Bolton
- stabbing home Fernando Torres' flick late on - as the Reds made
it two wins on the bounce for the first time since Roy Hodgson took
charge at Anfield.
The result lifted Liverpool from 18th in the table to 12th and
Brazilian Lucas said: 'Maxi scored the type of goal Romario used to
score. I told him afterwards it was very similar. It was a nice
goal and an important goal.
'Maxi is an intelligent player. He is not the biggest, so he has
to play in the space. He has a lot of technique and this type of
player will always help you and the team.'
He added: 'I think everyone can see we are improving all the
time. It was a difficult game. They have two big strikers and with
the long balls, it made it difficult for us. But we tried to keep
the ball on the ground, play our football and in the end we were
able to score a goal.
'These two victories (after beating Blackburn the week before)
will give us a lot of confidence to keep going.
'I think as a team everyone is playing really well and everyone
can see the understanding between the players is better. Hopefully
we will keep the same attitude and keep getting the victories.'