Rafael Benitez claimed to be more than happy with both his first game in charge of Liverpool and the debut of £14million signing Dijbril Cisse.

Liverpool cruised to a 2-1 win at Wrexham with two goals from Anthony Le Tallec.

It was new coach Benitez's first chance to see his players in action and he insisted he was happy but "that things will improve."

The Spanish coach said: "It was just our first match and I was happy, it gave us the chance to show the players what we want to change in their system.

"I was also happy with Cisse's first game. He worked well, but the problem for him was that the players used short passes to him when he would probably like them longer.

"But it was just the first time, they will have to understand how he wants the ball played up to him. It will come.

"I was happy with him, it was just his first 45 minutes and I believe he will score a lot of goals for us."

Liverpool now jet off for a three-game trip to the USA next week, and Benitez added: "It was the first game for most of the players, some played good, some not so good, but things always improve."

Star of the show, though, was young French striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle, who destroyed Wrexham with his lightning pace.

Benitez said: "I said beforehand that we have four good forwards, and Pongolle played well and showed that he will out pressure on Cisse, [Michael] Owen and [Milan] Baros.

"He has great skill and pace and he can be a great benefit to us this season.

"We will improve, but it was just the first game. One game, that is all."