JERMAINE PENNANT believes his wonder goal against Chelsea at the weekend can silence the doubters who branded him a flop at Liverpool.
The winger netted his first goal for the club in spectacular fashion during the 2-0 win over the Premiership champions on Saturday.
Pennant struggled to find his feet at Anfield during the opening months of the season after making a high-profile £6.7million move from Birmingham City in the summer.
However, the 24-year-old has shown signs in recent weeks of delivering the kind of form that marked him out as a teenage prodigy earlier in his career.
And Pennant believes his improved performances are proof he can repay the faith shown in him by manager Rafael Benitez.
“I feel as though I am settled in at Anfield now,” he said. “I feel far more comfortable, and I feel as though I am proving people wrong still.
“I’m getting more confidence and looking forward to every game.
“Perhaps I’ve proved a few more people wrong with this performance. But the manager has said he has always had belief in me, that’s why he signed me.”
Of his goal, Pennant added: “It is always a great moment to score your first goal for Liverpool, but to do it against Chelsea and in the manner that I did was simply the icing on the cake.
"As soon as the ball came down, I’d noticed that there was nothing on in the box for me to cross to so there was only one thing on my mind what I was going to do, and that was shoot.
“It’s been a long time coming and I was getting frustrated that I hadn’t scored, and you could see from my celebrations what it meant to me.”
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