Benitez wants to talk to Hackett

Rafael Benitez wants showdown talks with referees’ boss Keith Hackett in the wake of Javier Mascherano’s controversial red card at Old Trafford.

The Liverpool boss feels his side have been much-maligned after the incident on Sunday and may well become victims of an FA clean-up campaign – even though Mascherano’s dismissal is his club’s first of the season.