The difficulty may come in the execution of Benitez's plans, but Carragher knows the manager will have Liverpool fully prepared for everything Madrid can throw at them as the Spaniards look to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit.

With a place in the Champions League quarter-finals firmly in Liverpool's sights after captain-for-the-night Carragher led them to victory in Spain, they are determined to complete their last-16 task.

Carragher said: "Away goals are massive in Europe and that means they have got to get one now in the second leg.

"Hopefully if they come at us it will give us more space and make it easier to reach the last eight.

"We have done well in this competition by being organised. We are one of the best organised teams in this competition. That is why we have done well in the last few years and we have done it again in Madrid.

"We got what we came for, a clean sheet and an away goal.

"But it is only half-time, they know what they have got to do and that is come to Anfield and score, so it's still game on."

Defender Fabio Aurelio supplied the free-kick to set up the winner for Yossi Benayoun at the Bernabeu.

Aurelio said: "It was never easy out there, we had to work very hard together on defence to stop them, but that still meant we could and should have had more goals because we had the clearer chances.

"But now we still go forward to the second leg with a very good feeling that we get to the next stage.

"We know how important the away goal was and we hope now we can finish the job at Anfield."

Spanish winger Albert Riera picked up his third yellow card in the competition and will be suspended for the Anfield clash on March 10.

But he also has confidence that Liverpool will now progress to the last eight.

Riera said: "We worked hard as a team, and we were confident that a goal would come.

"It was a very good goal, and maybe a surprise for Yossi that it was a header. I was standing in front of him and he called for me to leave it, I did that and he headed it very well into the net.

"But the tie is not over yet, we are thinking only of all the 180 minutes.

"Maybe 0-0 would have been a great scoreline for us, but 1-0 is even better against such a very good side as Real Madrid. Now we just also win at home, that is the next test.

"This was my second victory at the Bernabeu, I have been on the winning side for Mallorca and it is never easy to get anything at this stadium.

"That is why the result is so good, not too many people can say they have won at the Bernabeu.

"But we played very intelligently in the first leg, defended well, and now we must complete the task at Anfield."