Rafael Benitez

A master of the tactical game and of winning pressure one-off games, Rafael Benitez has the pedigree to be a great manager. Made his name with Valencia before moving to England to manage Liverpool and has led them to 2 Champions League finals in 3 years. That’s more than Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho and SAF, so that’s saying a lot.

Valencia won La Liga under him, but Liverpool have been off the pace in the league so far as Rafa in my opinion still has to get his tactics in line with the demands of the Premiership.

  1. Rafael Benitez interview transcript

    Surely Rafa Benitez pulled out another list of facts and had a ‘meltdown’? Hardly the case. Did he criticise the owners or the players or raise his voice when talking about ‘nasty fans’? Again, not really. So what did Benitez …


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