Under-pressure Benitez approaches date with destiny

RAFAEL BENITEZ enters the new year knowing Liverpool’s destiny, and his own, rests on the next few months.

The Reds boss sends his team out to face relegation-haunted Wigan at Anfield tonight knowing only victory will keep his side in touch with the Barclays Premier League leaders.

Whatever is being said publicly about Benitez by the club’s American owners or chief executive Rick Parry, the Spaniard’s future is still uncertain.