Fabio Aurelio admits Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez revelled in their 4-0 thrashing of Real Madrid.

Brazilian full-back Aurelio, who played under Benitez at Valencia, said: "It was the performance that Rafa was looking for before the game but it was even better maybe than any of us expected.

"The victory meant a lot to Rafa, too. He comes from Madrid, he worked and played for Real.

"So it was important for him to show that he has grown as a manager, he is as pleased about the result as all of us.

"He has achieved many fine results in the Champions League but this was a fine, attacking victory. That, too, was important because of the things that Madrid had been saying about us before the game.

"That we were boring and defensive, that we only wanted a 0-0 in the Bernabeu and we were not interested in playing good football."