Under-fire Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson sang the praises of Fernando Torres after he broke his scoring drought on Sunday.
Torres found the back of the net for the first time in six matches as the Reds recorded just their second win of the season, toppling Blackburn Rovers 2-1.
Hodgson is hoping the goal can kick-start the Spaniard's season as Liverpool aim to climb out of the relegation zone and back up the table.
"The goal will do a lot for him - I thought he was good today," Hodgson said.
"His movement was good and I thought he was much more aggressive and lively up front. He was much more like the player we know he is."
"If we can keep him doing that for the next 29 games then we'll cause plenty of problems to opponents. It was nice to see him get his reward."
Liverpool faced an in-form Paul Robinson in the Blackburn goal and the former Tottenham and England shot-stopper kept his side in the game with a string of terrific saves.
Hodgson's team put in a terrific first-half performance and finally found a way past Robinson in the second half, with Torres and Sotirios Kyrgiakos scoring the all-important goals.
"I thought the performance was good in particular the first 70 minutes where we really did dominate the game," Hodgson said.
"We should really have been leading by more goals and of course in the end you have to fight for it because you are playing against a very competitive team. But I thought it was a deserved victory and certainly one which was needed."
The Reds are still in the relegation zone but have the opportunity to exit the bottom three when they face an in-form Bolton side at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.