Benitez sees red after Liverpool crash

Sun, 01 Nov 21:15:50 2009

Rafael Benitez will appeal against both red cards after nine-man Liverpool slumped to a humiliating 3-1 defeat at Craven Cottage.

Swiss defender Philipp Degen and captain Jamie Carragher were sent off for second-half fouls as Liverpool's Premier League hopes disintegrated, falling to their fifth league loss of the season, but Benitez believed referee Lee Mason got both decisions wrong.

Benitez said: "They were two incidents in a few minutes when we were losing and they were difficult to take. The first one was a yellow card. The second one you can clearly see that Carragher was kicking the ball."

Bobby Zamora put Fulham ahead and Fernando Torres equalised in a first-half in which Liverpool dominated possession.

But when Erik Nevland put Fulham ahead for the second time and Torres had been substituted there was only one winner, Clint Dempsey scoring a late clincher for the home side.

Benitez, however, was left wondering how Liverpool could have lost after enjoying so much possession.

He said: "It's hard to take the defeat, especially when we were in control of the game. The first half was one-sided. We made one mistake and we conceded a goal.

"The second half they were more offensive and we made a massive mistake when we conceded the second goal. We worked hard with nine players but it was very difficult."

Benitez could now be without Torres and Steven Gerrard for the crucial Champions League clash against Lyon on Wednesday.

The Liverpool boss said he would "have to see how Gerrard progresses" with his troublesome groin injury, while Torres is still not fully fit.

 

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  1. carra is not playing clean latety, he shld have got wit­ MU game, he was lucky then n unfortunate wit Fulham. U­ can do better Carra

    From poojachelliah, on Mon 2 Nov 12:48AM

  2. im a liverpool fan an i ask other liverpool to wake up­ an finaly c rafa for wat he is thats pig ignorant i­ hate fergie but one thing he does is admit wen he wrong­ rafa wont if liverpool win its down to his team­ selection if we lose its the players at fault he­ treated alonso the best passer of the ball possibly­ ever like @#$% an didnt replace him he uses the loyalty­ of the fans to 1 up the owners its not them that pick­ the team or players an please dont giv me the bs answer­ of they dont giv him money to compete wit the other top­ 3 hes spent more than man u chelsea an arsenal durin­ his tenure plus until the americans came the club­ transfers record was 14 mil for cisse the americans hav­ finalised the deals of torres 20 mil masch 20+ aquilani­ 20 mil keane 20 mil an johnson 18 mil its jus time for­ him to go

    From stephenmccabe78, on Mon 2 Nov 12:09AM

  3. Michael # 8, 7
    Can't see why Degen was sent off.­ Didn't even touch him.

    From Stevie O Jay, on Sun 1 Nov 8:20PM

  4. PURPLE AKi # 25 - " Stevie O Jay... get over­ it........ @#$% face "

    Get over what? If your­ team wasn't such a laughing stock then maybe I­ could.

    From Stevie O Jay, on Sun 1 Nov 8:17PM

  5. PURPLE AKi # 25
    Ahhh what’s wrong? Is your season not­ going according to plan?

    From Stevie O Jay, on Sun 1 Nov 8:14PM

  6. Stevie O Jay... get over it........ @#$% face

    From PURPLE AKi, on Sun 1 Nov 6:34PM

  7. "The second one you can clearly see that Carragher­ was kicking the ball."

    There's his problem­ right there. Benny The Ball needs new glasses. Poor wee­ Benny.

    INWA

    From Stevie O Jay, on Sun 1 Nov 5:32PM

  8. I wonder why if torres is not on the pitch liverpool ­ can't score a goal , i think the sleeping player­ have to wake up to their feet to learn how not to­ depend on just Torres alone like the live of chelsea,­ manu Arsenal, they don't depend on just one player­ .. you guy's need have the mentality of scoring­ individually , you guy's need to have the moral­ of moving forward hungry for goals miss leg don't­ miss the ball to net the goals wake up all liverpool­ player's , are u guy's not ashamed of urself ..­ me am tired of looserfool i want to see the real of u­ guy's please wake up ... i need u guy's to wake­ up please.. carragher should go and retire he's old­ enough go carragher go carragher u are worster than­ Rio F. Benitez u also need to wake up don't just­ put on liverpool suit and sit down without doing­ nothing... wake up liverpool .. the fans also need to­ protest over the american's management... love­ liverpool FC.

    From MichealJ, on Sun 1 Nov 5:32PM
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    bottom line... rafa benitez should be sacked!!!

    From francis, on Sun 1 Nov 3:39PM

  10. NO 20
    WHAT A FFUKIN RIDICULOUS COMMENT,THAT WAS 36 YRS­ AGO !............................WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOU­ GOT DDICKED 6-3 AT BINDIPPER CENTRAL BY ARSENALS­ RESERVES,AND WONDER BOY GERRARD WAS PLAYIN' ! AND­ BAPTISTA SCORED 4................IN 2007 !
    YOU ARE A­ SMALL CLUB WITH A BIT OF SUCCESS IN THE EARLY 80'S­ AND YOU ARE.................LIVEINTHEPAST FC THE­ GREATEST TEAM IN ANFIELD .............AND FOREVER IN­ THE SHADOW OF THE WORLDS BIGGEST CLUB .......MANCHESTER­ UNITED !

    From vegasmufc, on Sun 1 Nov 3:27PM

  11. remember when Dennis Law back heeled manure utd into­ the 2nd division, the goal of the century

    From william, on Sun 1 Nov 2:43PM

  12. Liverpool must buy messi

    From firasitani, on Sun 1 Nov 2:37PM

  13. Chrls79M'UTD4life ur a kkkunt

    From Jon T, on Sun 1 Nov 1:54PM

  14. The M am Mighty Red fand and am here.what do you want­ us for?

    From Michael, on Sun 1 Nov 12:49PM

  15. will Liver'poo' lose yet again against mighty­ Lyon???..

    Thumb up=yes
    thumb down=no(you're a­ slave)

    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Sun 1 Nov 11:25AM

  16. rafa out, mourinho/ hiddink in. any supporter that­ thinks otherwise is a fukkkin idiot. I watched that­ game yesterday and by his substitutions, u can see­ he's losing the respect of his players and thats no­ even taking into account his awful match results.­ He's gerrard houllier in disguise.

    From Howard, on Sun 1 Nov 11:24AM

  17. #Comment 10. Diluded by any chance. Cant blame the­ owners, they have given Benitez the money over the­ years but he has no talent for scouting or developing­ good players. FACTS. Seriously who where those subs­ yesterday, if they are your strength in depth you have­ a lot of work to do.... Hard times ahead with no­ Champions League money as that is what the top clubs­ rely on.....

    From The M, on Sun 1 Nov 10:54AM

  18. Where have all the Liverpool fans gone this week!!!! ­ ONE WORD that will get rid of them is LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON­ LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON LYON and their­ season is over. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    From The M, on Sun 1 Nov 10:51AM

  19. Rafa i think is a good manager in europe and against­ top clubs in the prem. but has no idea what so ever­ against so called lesser teams. Thats the main reason­ liverpool have not won the prem

    From JONATHAN, on Sun 1 Nov 10:49AM

  20. having watched re runs of the premiership matches,­ unless the powers that be, instigate a proper and­ independent appeals process with so much money being­ involved in the modern game some of theses refs may­ well end up in court having t o justify some of their­ decisions, people could lose jobs, and with the drop of­ revenue involved in relegation

    From ANDREW J, on Sun 1 Nov 10:45AM
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