benitez déclare que garcia est un grand joueur qui peut être frustrant pcq'il prd pas mal de ballons mais il a de vrais actes de génie.
rafa déclare qu'il est content de luis garcia.
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Benítez happy to stick by García despite his lack of consistency
Dominic Fifield
Wednesday April 26, 2006
The Guardian
Rafael Benítez has moved to deflect suggestions that Luis García could leave Liverpool at the end of the season, though he admits he has to learn to live with the midfielder's eccentricities in return for the occasional flashes of brilliance that turn matches.
García's patchy form this season has put his future under scrutiny. Yet the 27-yearold, a £6m signing from Barcelona in the summer of 2004, produced a reminder of his jaw-dropping capabilities by scoring a glorious and decisive goal against Chelsea in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford to enliven what had otherwise been a slipshod performance.
"You have to accept he is what he is," said Benítez, who had previously worked with García in the Spanish second division at Tenerife. "I tried to change him at Tenerife. But while you can tell other players to pass inside nice and simple, he likes to be different. You can see him giving away easy balls sometimes, but also scoring fantastic goals. As a manager, you need players like him. If you need to change the game but you only have one kind of player, you can't. He tries to do something out of the ordinary.
"He's under contract, playing well and scoring good goals, and I think he's happy here. I'm very happy with him. I know sometimes you can hear the supporters are disappointed when he gives the ball away, but he keeps trying to be different.
He's never afraid to try and, when something doesn't come off, he tries it again."
García's ability to raise his form on the big occasions has already been proved to Liverpool's satisfaction. There was a stunning volley to help defeat Juventus in the Champions League quarter-finals last season, and the winner against Chelsea in the semi-finals a year ago. This season's his goal tally at Liverpool already stands at 11.
"He scored 16 times for me at Tenerife playing as a left-winger, and did the same for Atlético Madrid afterwards," added Benítez. "He's always scored goals, and managed 13 in his first season in England last year. He's played really good games sometimes, not giving the ball away, but if a player tries to do different things you need to accept that he'll be a bit of a risk."
Benítez would like to rest Sami Hyypia and Jamie Carragher for this evening's Premiership match at West Ham United - a dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final - though an injury to Daniel Agger is likely to see at least one of the pair retained.
Harry Kewell will rest a slight thigh strain with Benítez also considering starting with Steven Gerrard on the bench.
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