HOW fitting. On the day when strange things traditionally occur, it was perhaps to be expected that Liverpool’s nightmare season would take another desperate twist.
But as he sifts through the ruins of this latest, self-inflicted setback – not even Fulham’s most blinkered supporter would suggest their 3-1 win was achieved without help – the thought of what lurks around the corner will frighten Rafa Benitez more than anything.
This, without question, has been the most traumatic five-week period Benitez has endured during his time as Liverpool manager and a sequence of six defeats in seven games is testing the patience of this amiable soul, not to mention players and supporters.
He has, of course, been in tight corners before but, when the pressure has been at its most intense and the stakes have been at their highest, Benitez has found ways of escaping impending calamities that would have made Harry Houdini proud.
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