We need to start winning right now, begs Benitez

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez knows his side must return to winning ways at home to Portsmouth today as they seek to maintain a credible challenge for the Barclays Premier League title.

Back-to-back defeats to Reading and Manchester United — along with the Reds’ midweek Carling Cup quarter-final exit to Chelsea — have dampened spirits at Anfield.

But with the Champions League not restarting until February against Serie A leaders Inter Milan, Liverpool’s only involvement aside from the league is the FA Cup, which begins with a third-round tie against Coca-Cola League One outfit Luton next month.