Alberto Aquilani speaks to The Guardian about his year with Liverpool, during 2009\2010 season: "I'm fully convinced that if we had arrived to Europa League final, we would've had a big chance to win against Fulham: it would have changed my destiny in Liverpool, instead my play and my goal in the semifinal has been forgotten."
"Benitez saw me as a player to bet on for the five following years, I couldn't start playing from the beginning. People said I was Xabi Alonso's heir, he's a great player but I was a little bit more offensive". The Italian midfielder concludes: "It has been an amazing moment of my life, an year that I won't forget. When Roy Hodgson arrived, he told me he wanted Joe Cole and a team made by more English-men, it was obvious I wouldn't have had a lot of space so I decided to come back to Italy".
