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ComeOnSpurs.com, 7 Feb 2010
A Dirk Kuyt clinched a narrow win for Liverpool in yesterday's Merseyside derby against Everton.
Kuyt's first half header was enough to secure all three points and sent Liverpool back into the top four as both sides finished the game with ten men.
Liverpool had Sotirios Kyrgiakos sent off for a two-footed tackle on Marouane Fellaini as half time approached, and then Everton lost Steven Pienaar to two bookable offences in injury time.
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Reds boss Rafa Benitez is delighted with his side's recent up-turn in form, Liverpool are now on an unbeaten run of seven matches which includes six clean sheets.
"It was massive for us. To win in a derby is really important - to win in a derby with 10 players at Anfield is more important," said Benitez.
"I was really pleased for the players and the fans because everyone was working so hard that I think at the end we deserved to win.
"From the beginning we were doing well in terms of work-rate and after [the sending-off] it was amazing to see all the players working so hard, defending and also going forward and trying to score."
Benitez was reluctant to pass comment on the rather strong challenges which were going in on his players.
"I think there were too many tackles which you can analyse so I prefer not to speak about the referee," he added.
"You can talk about 20 different tackles today and you will have different opinions so I prefer not to say anything.
"We were trying to win, they were trying to win - it is always the same in the derby.
"We knew it could be tough but we tried to do our best, we tried to control things and play with our heads not just with our hearts but sometimes it is difficult."
Everton boss David Moyes felt, if anything Pienaar should have been sent off earlier, but he was disappointed not to have taken something from the game.
"I think there have been lots of derbies very similar; quite feisty and that's why fans like them because they sometimes have a little bit extra in them," said the Scot.
"The first sending-off (Kyrgiakos) was a two-footed tackle, both feet off the ground. Fellaini has been for an x-ray but we think it is clear, which is good news.
"I've no complaints about Steven's sending-off as there was a tackle earlier in the game where he might have been fortunate to stay on.
"I thought we certainly didn't deserve to lose the game today. We might not have deserved to win it but we shouldn't have lost it.
"We didn't create enough chances with the extra man but, saying that, Liverpool didn't either and their goal came from one set-piece - which in the past would have been us that might have done that but it was Liverpool today."
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