Misery On the Mersey ; Liverpool Are Pounds 300m in Debt, Have Stars Torres and Gerrard Battling with Injury and Today Face the Worst Run of Defeats for 56 Years, so Can Boss Benitez Put a Stop to yet More...

Mail on Sunday › October 25, 2009

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RAFA BENITEZ turned down the sound on the television on Tuesday night when Graeme Souness took to the stage, the current Liverpool manager deducing that the last thing he needed after an injury-time defeat by Lyon was a spot of advice from one of his predecessors, albeit discredited in the eyes of many Liverpool fans, and former Kop legend.

However, the Spaniard was aware that Souness had launched a stinging attack on his team and his record in the transfer market.

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Misery On the Mersey ; Liverpool Are Pounds 300m in Debt, Have Stars Torres and Gerrard Battling with Injury and Today Face the Worst Run of Defeats for 56 Years, so Can Boss Benitez Put a Stop to yet More...

'I couldn't hear it,' said a relaxed Benitez, smiling. 'I put the volume down. It's easier like that.' For good measure, he also declined to read the papers, which is probably just as well as they would have reminded him that not since 1987 had a Liverpool side lost four successive games.

It is 56 years since they lost five consecutive match...

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