Christian Benteke played the whole game against Manchester City today, and despite the result, the striker was delighted to be back in the starting XI.
Benteke said: "I am happy. It has been a tough season with injury but the main thing is for the players to control what they can control and I am always available for my team-mates and I work hard in training to be where I was today; I will keep pushing myself until the end.
"It has been a long time for me, I think the last game I started was ages ago so it is not easy or for the lads (getting used to playing with each other again) but there are no excuses, we have to deal with it.