Riise: Agger Our Best Player This Year

John Arne Riise believes that Daniel Agger has been Liverpool's stand-out player this season.



zoom - galleria The young Danish international has come on in leaps and bounds this season, forming one of Europe's meanest centre-half partnerships with Jamie Carragher.

The latter has been voted as the Reds' best player by fans on the club's official site, but Riise has lavished praise on the young Scandinavian instead.

"I think Dan has been brilliant for us this year," he said on the club's website. "He's come in, found a place for himself in the team and played well enough to stay there.

"Pepe Reina has also had a great season and been absolutely brilliant for us but if I had to pick our Player of the Year then it would be Daniel.

"I can't believe he got some stick after the first Chelsea match, because I thought he had a good game, but then he proved at Anfield what a quality player he is.

"He's still young and he's going to be a big player for us for many years to come."

His biggest challenge of the season, however, is yet to come. If he can come good again in Athens, he could well be a part of Liverpool's magical European history.