AS THE manager of Liverpool, there is always someone trying to challenge your authority, but having seen off one threat from the boardroom earlier in the day, Rafael Benítez saw off another on the field last night, albeit in the significantly tamer form of Bordeaux.
Two goals from Luis García and Steven Gerrard’s first in 16 games this season were enough to secure Liverpool’s passage to the last 16 of the Champions League with two games to spare after PSV Eindhoven overcame Galatasaray 2-0 in the Netherlands.
Benítez was never going to criticise Noel White publicly for his damning comments about the manager that prompted his resignation from the Liverpool board yesterday. He is far too decent for that. Instead, he responded in the only