Moores puts faith in Benitez for title
Liverpool chairman David Moores believes the Premiership crown is probably beyond the club this season, but insists they can push Chelsea all the way.
Moores returned from Japan with manager Rafael Benitez’s team believing Liverpool were unfortunate not to add the World Club Championship to the European Cup they won last May in Istanbul.
Moores said: “We’ll give it a good fight for the title this year. Maybe it’s too late for this season, we’ll have to wait and see. But we’ll go all the way and hopefully there will be a few slip-ups from Chelsea.
“I’m sure the others are watching Liverpool a lot closer now. I’m more optimistic about us winning the title now than I’ve ever been.
“Things have developed very quickly. Rafa has settled and the players he’s brought in have settled, which has made a big difference.
“We’ve quickly established a relationship where he understands us and we understand him.”
Moores, speaking in the Liverpool Echo, has hailed Benitez, whose father died in Spain last week.
He said: “I wouldn’t swap Rafa for any manager in the world. If I had to go back and make the appointment again, I know there couldn’t be anyone better.
“I really believe he’s going to lead this club back to greatness, I really do.
“The team is progressing so well and that’s down to Rafa. Look at what he’s had to deal with in Japan because of what happened to his father. He has shown he is an unbelievable man.
“For something like that to happen and Rafa to stay with his team is absolutely amazing. I’m very proud of him.
“The way we’re playing at the moment is showing how much confidence there is throughout the team. The football is great. Everything has been going fantastically well, apart from the result in Japan.”
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