Benitez decided to take off 20-goal leading scorer Fernando Torres midway through the second half, even though the player looked disappointed with the decision to replace him with David N'Gog.
Benitez said: "Was Torres injured? No, he was exhausted. He had some ice just to protect his knee, but he was really tired, like the other players who played on Thursday against Benfica.
"He knew we needed to win, but he was really tired, like all the players, and N'Gog had fresh legs, as did Ryan Babel, and that made a big difference in the last few minutes.''
Didn't look exhausted to me... didn't even look tired!
Gerrard's look; now he was the tired one. Tired of this KRAP he has to put up with Rafa at the moment...
Benitez decided to take off 20-goal leading scorer Fernando Torres midway through the second half, even though the player looked disappointed with the decision to replace him with David N'Gog.
Benitez said: "Was Torres injured? No, he was exhausted. He had some ice just to protect his knee, but he was really tired, like the other players who played on Thursday against Benfica.
"He knew we needed to win, but he was really tired, like all the players, and N'Gog had fresh legs, as did Ryan Babel, and that made a big difference in the last few minutes.''
Didn't look exhausted to me... didn't even look tired!
Gerrard's look; now he was the tired one. Tired of this KRAP he has to put up with Rafa at the moment...