Dirk Kuyt believes that the 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Anfield can be used as a springboard for greater success
Dirk Kuyt was a star man at Anfield as he became the first player in the history to score a hat-rick against Manchester United since Peter Beardsley. While insisting that he had to credit Luis Suarez- who played massive parts in two of his goals, Kuyt also said that it was a dream come true to score three against a club of United's stature.
He told Sky Sports: “It’s perfect, you always dream about the hat-trick and then to make a hat-trick against United is the best feeling ever.
“Edwin [Van der Sar] said to me after the game, ‘you don’t score many goals against me and today the hat-trick’ so I’m more than happy with that.”
“I have to thank Luis Suarez because he played great today and created two of the three goals so a perfect performance from him,” he added.
“They were quite easy goals, I used to score these types of goals when I used to play more like this as a striker in Holland but those goals count and I am more than happy to take them.
While he was obviously delighted with his three goals, Kuyt also believes that this splendid victory allows them to go in seek of further improvements in terms of performances and achievements.
“I think we showed belief that we can compete against the best, we showed that against Chelsea also but we know that we need to compete against the other sides,” he said.
“Last week against West Ham was disappointing but hopefully we can go on a long run after today."
He told Sky Sports: “It’s perfect, you always dream about the hat-trick and then to make a hat-trick against United is the best feeling ever.
“Edwin [Van der Sar] said to me after the game, ‘you don’t score many goals against me and today the hat-trick’ so I’m more than happy with that.”
“I have to thank Luis Suarez because he played great today and created two of the three goals so a perfect performance from him,” he added.
“They were quite easy goals, I used to score these types of goals when I used to play more like this as a striker in Holland but those goals count and I am more than happy to take them.
While he was obviously delighted with his three goals, Kuyt also believes that this splendid victory allows them to go in seek of further improvements in terms of performances and achievements.
“I think we showed belief that we can compete against the best, we showed that against Chelsea also but we know that we need to compete against the other sides,” he said.
“Last week against West Ham was disappointing but hopefully we can go on a long run after today."