Benitez bats away Owen talk

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, while preparing his squad for their first home league game of the season against newly-promoted Sunderland, accepts all the pre-match talk is about transfer market activity surrounding Milan Baros, Michael Owen and even Djibril Cisse.

The Spaniard’s press conference was spiced with hilarious discussions over what he clearly finds a total mystery – England trying to win the cricket tournament the Ashes.