Benitez demands more from inept Reds

AN ANGRY Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has told his players they have to show more desire, determination and self-belief if they are to stand a chance of securing Champions League football next season.

A first defeat to Wigan at the DW Stadium was their ninth of the season and left the side in real danger of failing to make the top four in the Barclays Premier League.

The Spaniard was at a loss to explain just why his side were so bad during the first half against the Latics but has told his squad they cannot afford to reproduce such ineptitude.