The winger scored his eighth goal of the season in Sunday`s 3-1 Barclays Premier League victory against Bolton.Babel was on target with a clinical finish after a bizarre own-goal from Jussi Jaaskelainen in the 11th minute.Steven Gerrard's effort was going wide but the Bolton goalkeeper inexplicably helped it into his own net with his face.There was no way back for Wanderers after that and Fabio Aurelio added a spectacular third before Tamir Cohen scored a consolation for the struggling home side.Babel could now have a more prominent role to play in the coming weeks of the season.Benitez said: "It was a good game for him against Bolton as they were looking out for Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres."It meant that Ryan had more freedom and he is the kind of player who can run behind defenders."Liverpool now entertain West Ham on Wednesday in good heart after this comfortable victory.Benitez said: "Every win is important when you are fighting for fourth place. You need to put the other teams around you under pressure and we have done that."As we have a game in hand, it depends on what we do. You do not need to see the table every day."If we can win against West Ham then we go go into the game after that with confidence."Benitez reiterated he is content at Anfield and claimed his focus was on winning matches and not his future plans.
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