Souness – I fear Liverpool are in meltdown!

Written on December 10, 2009 – 6:15 pm | by |

The ex-Liverpool manager Graeme Souness is extremely worried that the team will not be able to come out of the downward spiral they are in at the moment, and thinks that the money lost if they don’t qualify for the Champions League may see them slip further behind the leaders of the Premiership.
“My big fear [...]

Benitez still looking for positives despite yet another defeat

Written on December 10, 2009 – 1:15 pm | by |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez saw his team concede yet another late goal to lose to Fiorentina last night, but is still trying to find some positives to focus on ahead of this weekends crucial League match against Arsenal.
“To see Aquilani and Torres were positives from this match,” Benitez said.
“I think it was clear today [...]

Benitez – Aquilani unlikely to face Arsenal

Written on December 9, 2009 – 7:48 am | by |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is looking forward to seeing what his £20m signing can do in his first competitive match tonight, but he says he will have to study the Italian’s fitness before considering him for the crucial game against Arsenal this coming weekend.
“I can understand the fans’ frustration at having to wait so [...]

Benitez – Aquilani has quality, vision and is dynamite!"

Written on December 8, 2009 – 3:00 pm | by |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has admitted that he hasn’t taken any risks with his new £20m signing Alberto Aquilani, but he thinks that the game against Fiorentina should be the ideal opportunity for the Italian to showcase his talents and ease him back to full fitness.
“We decided we couldn’t take any risks with him,” [...]

Benitez to risk Torres despite need for hernia op!

Written on November 3, 2009 – 9:30 am | by Admin |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has decided to risk playing Fernando Torres in the crucial Champions League match at Lyon tomorrow, despite the Spanish international being close to needing an operation on his hernia.
With Liverpool’s injury list restricting his choices, Benitez is going to take a huge risk with Torres as his team goes into [...]

Benitez not feeling confident ahead of Lyon decider

Written on November 2, 2009 – 8:34 am | by Admin |

The Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez seems to be very downbeat about his teams chance of taking all three points in the crucial Champions League match in Lyon this week.
He says that the team needs to think about winning, but then goes on to say it will be difficult and has a moan about the injuries [...]

Benitez gives up on Liverpool winning anything this season!

Written on November 1, 2009 – 12:31 pm | by Admin |

After the great promise of last year, when Liverpool ran Man Utd close in the Premiership race right until the end of the season, it now looks like everything has fallen down around Rafael Benitez’s ears.
Yesterday’s sixth defeat in seven matches has left the Reds nine points behind Chelsea in the Premiership, and could drop [...]