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Ben Kiely. Apparently, Real Madrid have suggested Rafa Benitez should lay off the complex carbohydrates before kicking off his career at the club. Full Ireland player ratings as man Portugal share the spoils. Bonnar brings back Inter-divisional trials in Tipperary as club players given every chance. In reality, no such thing happened. While Liverpool drew their three games immediately after the incident, their results actually improved from then on. From the beginning of March, traditionally "Fergie mind games" season, Liverpool won 10 matches including a stunning victory at Old Trafford and drew one while Manchester United won nine, lost two and drew one.
Those, as the man himself would say, are the facts. Benitez's image has also suffered because of his rivalry with the media darling Jose Mourinho , whom he most famously outwitted in the Champions League semi-final.
He then repeated the trick in Brilliant European performances illuminated Benitez's time at Liverpool. In all, the Reds reached two Champions League finals, a semi-final and a quarter-final. Not bad for a Spanish waiter. And perhaps nothing sums up Benitez more than half time in Istanbul as Liverpool trailed the Italian giants There were, whatever some Liverpool fans like to think, no rousing Churchillian speeches; just a few motivational words and a minute tactical analysis.
Facing humiliation, Benitez's pragmatism paved the way for his finest hour. The obvious assertion is that while he is a brilliant tactician, he is not a great man-manager, and certainly not one who will bend to the whims of star players, as Steven Gerrard found out in Benitez's early days at Liverpool.
As Hamann said, he does not do relationships. But, should Chelsea fans put aside their self-defeating prejudices they would recognise that these are exactly the kind of qualities that are needed to address a dressing room that has systematically seen off some of the best managers in the world, including their beloved Mourinho.
Sunday's thrashing of Aston Villa proved Benitez's tactical acumen could yet bring success.
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