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Liverpool have given manager Rafa Benitez what amounts to the dreaded vote of (no) confidence and have said that he will not be sacked.
Managing director Christian Purslow has insisted manager Rafael Benitez’s position is safe, despite Liverpool being knocked out of the Champions League yesterday.
Liverpool failed to make it past the group stages for the [...]

Liverpool’s under-fire manager Rafael Benitez is determined to remain in charge of the Reds and believes his side will help his cause by overcoming their problems in the Champions League. If they should lose to Group E leaders Lyon it mean the Reds are all but out of this year’s competition. Lyon, have three wins [...]