Benitez tells senior stars to accept responsibility

LIVERPOOL are facing up to a title crisis just a few days into a season when they were being hailed as Premier League favourites.

Two defeats inside the first nine days of the campaign – by teams with genuine hopes of breaking into the top four – has seen boss Rafael Benitez turn on his senior stars and demand more responsibility.

But the defeats at Tottenham and then against Aston Villa at Anfield have brought to a head a summer of change at Anfield that has been largely kept very much under wraps.