As Ian Spragg quite rightly points, it is human nature to celebrate the misfortune of the great and mighty. The bigger they are the greater, and more entertaining, the fall.
However, Liverpool’s victory over Inter Milan last week will surely help Liverpool recover from the shame of their last game, wont it? Jamie Carragher doesn’t think so.
The Liverpool defender was quoted by the Daily Mirror, shortly before the Liverpool V Inter Milan game, in saying:
“I don’t think that beating Inter Milan would make up for losing the FA cup tie in the way we did. We’re devastated obviously. It is a major blow to go out of the competition to a lower league team at Anfield. We realise that’s not good enough. This clearly isn’t the best preparation for Tuesday, but we had the same situation last season, when we lost to Arsenal twice in the cups and people were saying we were finished before we even played Barcelona, and we got through”.
Some people could argue that Liverpool deserved to lose at Anfield for believing that Tuesday’s game against Inter Milan was more important.
Rafa didn’t play his strongest team that day, even Steven Gerrard was on the bench. It clearly backfired on him because now, as the papers indicate, unless Liverpool can do a repeat of their 2005 triumph, Benitez risks losing his job.
The Inter Milan victory may not have erased the shame of the Barnsley match, however their latest 3-2 win against Middlesbrough has put them well on the road to recovery.
Despite the dodgy line-ups and questionable transfers over the years the Liverpool squad truly believe that Rafa is right for them. The PremiershipLatest website quotes Torres in thanking Benitez after his hat-trick in the Middlesbrough match.
“You cannot score three goals in a game without the help of your manager and your team-mates so I would like to thank them. The manager signed me for Liverpool so I am really grateful for that, and he also works with me all the time trying to improve me and make me a better player.”
Rafael Benitez, along with the Liverpool fans, believe that Torres will only get better and lets hope, for Rafa’s sake, he does!
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Their perfomance in Tuesday's game against Middleborough shows they're getting their act together. Their 2-0 win could be the start of whats to come.
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