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It's no secret that Sir Alex Ferguson knows how to get underneath the skin of his fellow head coaches around the Premiership, and he makes no mistake of challenging Rafa Benitez and Liverpool ahead of their weekend match against Chelsea at Anfield. Full credit for playing up the history of the club when playing the motivation and pride factor... ...

After a rough Europa League night in Lisbon, head coach Rafa Benitez decided to publicly second guess referee Jonas Eriksson's decision to send off Ryan Babel and not hand Luisao his second yellow following his challenge on Fernando Torres from behind. (more...)

Liverpool have accepted an offer of around £6m from CSKA Moscow for their outspoken midfielder Albert Riera and hope to conclude the sale of Rafael Benítez's critic by the end of this week. The Spain international is due to return to training at Melwood today having served a club suspension for last week's public criticism of Benítez's ...

Liverpool manager Benítez and United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson have a differing of opinions on the 10th-minute decision to award a penalty for Javier Mascherano's foul on the Ecuadorean midfielder Antonio Valencia in Sundays clash at Old Trafford. But Benítez made clear his frustration at Webb's decision when asked whether he ...

Liverpool midfielder Albert Riera, who has played only twice for Liverpool since the end of January (making one start and one substitute's appearance) has indicated that he wants to leave Liverpool after revealing that his relationship with Rafael Benítez has deteriorated to the point where he thinks the manager has something against him. In an ...

Liverpool head coach Rafa Benitez has come out publicly denying any and all rumors linking him to the vacant Juventus post after the Italian Press had reported a deal had been agreed to. (more...)

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett has backed Rafael Benitez, claiming he is one of the top five managers in the world and that this season's disappointing results are just a ''blip''. ''We believe if you were to put a list together of the top five coaches, managers in the world, he would definitely be on that list for us,'' said Gillett, who was ...

Being a part of the 18 and seeing playing time against Reading to not being named to the roster at Stoke City.  Interesting times for sometimes Netherlands International Ryan Babel, so much so that Rafa Benitez has resorted to going to the press to motivate the 23 year old. (more...)