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Liverpool boss Benitez knows they face make-or-break week

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 02:48

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez goes into tonight's clash with Portsmouth knowing this week will define their season.

Liverpool are four points adrift of fourth place having played more matches than any of the rest of the contenders.

There is also a tricky Europa League last-16 second leg to negotiate against Lille at Anfield, where a 1-0 deficit has to be overcome, before they head to Old Trafford on Sunday to play arch-rivals Manchester United.

Without positive results from those three fixtures Liverpool's season could be in tatters.

Benitez feels there is no time to look at the finer points of his side's performances - of which there have been few in the last month - as the accumulation of points is all that matters now.

"It is important to win - if you can play well it will be easier - but the main thing is to win," said the Reds boss, whose long-term future at the club is again the subject of more speculation today with suggestions he will quit or be sacked this summer.

"Every week is important for a top side. Now we are in a position where we have to think about the Europa League or to be in the top four.

"If we are in a better position [by the end of next Sunday] it will be an important week, if we are in a worse position it will still be an important week anyway."

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Comments (1)

Submitted by Dru (not verified) on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 03:14.

What are u f***in talking about? Every week has become a make or break week for liverpool so dont make it out as if this week is anything special, its been a make or break week since January for goodness sakes you plonker.

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