The Liverpool winger enjoyed his side’s ruthlessness in front of the Kop in the second half and hopes the club’s form continues onto Wembley.
The Reds may be inconsistent in the Barclays Premier League yet at the same time they have been in dominating form in the domestic cup competitions.
Currently sitting seventh in the table, Liverpool are just four points behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and still have a decent chance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.
However, in the cup competitions http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 have to be the favourites to win the Carling Cup when they take of Cardiff City at Wembley in the final on the 26th of February.
The FA Cup is not out of their reach either as they qualified for the quarter-finals in some style after thrashing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brighton-c38685 6 – 1 at home in the fifth round.
Speaking about the match the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 international said, “It was a great game to play in, especially the second half, and it was nice to get a few goals in front of the Kop.”
He continued, “The first half was a little bit tricky when they got the equaliser and made it hard for us, but the manager told us at half-time to keep doing what we were doing and the goals would come.”
Liverpool took the lead through a Martin Skrtel header early on in the first half, only to see the lead cancelled out a few minutes later by a well place free-kick by Lua Lua.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Glen-Johnson-c15050 restored the home side’s advantage just before the end of the half before the flood gates opened in the second.
Downing continued, “I thought our second-half performance was really good. I really enjoyed it out there.”
The Reds winger also commented on the understanding that has developed between him and left-back Jose Enrique and how the manager told them to make use of the wide areas of the pitch.
“Me and Jose could see we were getting a fair bit of space and the manager told us to try and exploit this space, and I thought on both sides we did well. That’s where most of the goals came from.”
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