How did Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez hits back at critics?
LIVERPOOL, England — Rafael Benitez insists he won’t let high-profile critics of his reign distract him from the task of getting Liverpool back on track. Benitez’s side have won just three of their last 14 matches, a woeful run that has seen the Reds crash out of the Champions League and slip to seventh in the Premier League. Liverpool’s hopes of winning the English title for the first time since 1990 look all but over as they lie 12 points behind leaders Chelsea and even the club’s star striker Fernando Torres has conceded that they have no chance of reaching top spot. Former Anfield manager Graeme Souness and Jurgen Klinsmann, the former Germany and Bayern Munich boss linked with Benitez’s job two years ago, added to the pressure on the Spaniard with fiercely critical comments during a television discussion after Liverpool’s midweek defeat against Fiorentina. Klinsmann said Liverpool lacked quality and consistency, while Souness claimed the club was on the verge of a meltdown. But Be
