Benitez must roll back the years

IF Rafael Benitez was a character in a John Ford western long ago he would have drawn his wagon train into a circle.

Tue, 19 Feb, 2008 - 00:00
Frank Malley

By now he would be cowering behind one of them watching his enemies gather and the arrows fly while reloading his Winchester rifle one last time.

No doubt about it, Liverpool v Inter Milan in the Champions League is Benitez’s last stand.

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