Rafael Benítez hoping for rivals to slip

Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez

Liverpool boss Rafael Benítez has admitted that the Merseysiders' rivals will need to slip up if his side are to finish in the last Champions League spot.

However, the gaffer has expressed his team's 1-2 defeat to Manchester United will not be a set-back.

Quite fact-full, considering Liverpool had put four and three past Portsmouth and Lille OSC, respectively.

Meanwhile, Bradford City have extended Robbie Threlfall's loan period.

However, former Reds' player Ronnie Whelan has expressed his belief that Liverpool players have given up on their manager.

Whelan joins a handful of former Reds' players who have called for sacking Benítez, every-time when the team loses without considering the problems faced by the Spanish manager during Liverpool's most tumultuous season after a long time.