Former Liverpool boss Roy Evans says Rafa Benitez is doing the club a disservice by airing publicly his contract grievances.
He said: "It's becoming too public. Over the years Liverpool always kept such things under control. At the moment there's too much talk about it on the outside to the extent it almost overshadowed a great result in Madrid.
"They should go back to in-house talks and sort it out. It doesn't need to be a public debate."