Aspas: It was a wonderful moment

Iago Aspas reflected on his first goal for Liverpool with tremendous pride after setting the Reds on the way to a 2-0 victory over Oldham Athletic in the FA Cup third round yesterday.

The Spaniard struck in the 55th minute at Anfield to open his goalscoring account for the club - and might have had a second two minutes later, but for the woodwork.

Liverpool had been largely frustrated by the Latics on a bitterly cold evening in L4, until Aspas produced a clinical piece of skill to break the deadlock.

Neat play from Brendan Rodgers' side allowed Steven Gerrard to drive a low ball out to Raheem Sterling, who jinked towards the byline before clipping a weighted pass into the centre.

Aspas, who fired four times in pre-season, was perfectly positioned to manoeuvre his body and steer the ball home on the half-volley for his first competitive strike.

The home side went on to seal victory when Sterling's powerful, but wayward, strike ricocheted off the legs of James Tarkowski and into the net behind to seal the win.

Afterwards, Aspas told Liverpoolfc.com: "I played the last game on the right wing and today I played as a striker, which is my position.

"It's wonderful for me to score my first goal here. It's difficult when you don't play all the games, but I'm very happy to have scored."

Aspas arrived at Anfield in June 2013 after completing a switch from his boyhood club Celta Vigo, where he netted 12 times in 34 games during his final season in Spain.

It took the forward 11 matches to notch for the Reds; however, after watching the No.9 find the back of the Kop net on Sunday, his manager, Rodgers, backed the 25-year-old to go from strength to strength.

Aspas, delighted with his first strike, took to Twitter following the final whistle to send the following message to Reds fans.

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