Benitez defiant despite Spurs anger

Rafael Benitez has declined to apologise to Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy in the worsening row between Liverpool and the London club over the Djibril Cisse-Jermain Defoe saga.

The Liverpool boss claimed on Friday Spurs were “desperate” to sell Defoe, an accusation Levy immediately refuted, claiming he found Benitez’s comments “beyond belief.”