Benitez furious as unlucky ’Pool get mugged

RAFAEL BENITEZ was left cursing the officials after Liverpool lost in unfortunate circumstances to Sao Paulo in the Club World Championship final in Yokohama.

The Reds could have been ahead long before they conceded their first goal in more than 17 hours play when Mineiro calmly stroked the Brazilians into a 27th-minute lead.

But thereafter Liverpool laid siege to the Sao Paulo goal, hitting the bar twice and seeing three goals chalked off as their South American counterparts employed unusually negative tactics.