Benitez: you will lose, Jose

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez paid tribute to Jose Mourinho before insisting the Chelsea manager will be on the losing side when the teams meet tonight in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

Asked continually whether the 'special one' was the world's best coach, having now won the Premier League title to add to a string of European and domestic triumphs with Porto, Benitez cut to the point. Told "in three years he has not stopped winning," Benitez responded: "Until tomorrow.

"Jose is one of the best coaches. He has a good team and he is a good manager so if you put together both those things you have a winning formula.