First of all am sorry to all you fans who wanted to see the team lose in order to push Benitez closer to the exit door.. he ain’t going anywhere soon so suck it up and get used to it.
Regarding tonites game.. it was a bit of a free hit because nobody was expecting anything due to the gulf in class especially given the injury situation. What I will say is that type of game and situation is probably what Benitez strenghth is, he seems to know how to set a team up against superior opposition much like his teams did in past European games. There was something else I noticed, these younger players all seemed to want to run through brick walls for this manager, they chased lost causes and they never gave up, it’s like they really wanted to repay him for picking them and showing faith in them and long may that continue.
Looking further ahead if we can, next game is in ten days time and with a bit of luck the injury situation might look a bit better, the games on paper seem a bit easier and we now know some of these younger players can be trusted.... surely that’s a positive thing to take forward.
Well done Rafael.