Dutch Football - Champions League - Liverpool - Dirk Kuyt: "A bit of luck and the ball went in"

"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

Dirk Kuyt: "A bit of luck and the ball went in"

Thursday 02 October 2008

Dirk Kuyt showed what he's worth for Liverpool on Wednesday.

The hard working forward scored the opening goal in a Champions League game in which Liverpool beat PSV Eindhoven (3-1).

"I had a chance to shoot and with a bit of luck the ball went in," he describes to FC Update.

"It was a perfect start, but after that we fell back. Even though it wasn't our best match, we still controlled the game for 90 minutes. It was pretty obvious that we deserved to win."

For Kuyt it gave extra satisfaction that he scored against a Dutch team.

"It's always a bit special to play against a team from your home country. PSV have shown to be the best team in Holland in recent years. And with my history as a Feyenoord player it's a good feeling to beat the competition."

With the maximum score from two games Liverpool are on course for the next round in the Champions League.

"That is what we aimed for when we started. Hopefully we can take three points from Madrid as well. They are tough opposition, but I don't think we are without chance."