Liverpool legend Ian Rush has urged the club’s supporters to get behind Rafa Benitez and the team. The former prolific Anfield marksman claims it would be wrong to sack the Spaniard at this stage in the season, and instead urged the current squad to step up and drag the club out of its current crisis.
Defeats against Fiorentina, Chelsea, Sunderland, and Lyon leave the club in their worst run of form for 22-years, yet Rush suggests a victory against Manchester United on Sunday could change everything.
Rush told Sky Sports News: “The time is not right now,”
“You need to get behind the manager - and the players as well. I'm sure the supporters will do on Sunday.”
“It's up to the players to respond.”
“The manager can only pick a team and it's up to the players to respond on the pitch against Manchester United.”
“There will be a good atmosphere against Manchester United. Yeah, okay we lost against Lyon so maybe the atmosphere will not be quite what was expected, but we can still qualify for the second phase of the Champions League.”
“We've got to get behind everyone. For me that's what makes Liverpool such a special club.”
Rush suggested that players other than Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres need to stand up and be counted, and make the manager’s job of selecting the team harder.
He said: “The players that come in have got to do the job, it's as simple as that,”
“They've got to make the manager's job hard to pick the next team.”
“At the moment, when Torres, Gerrard and Johnson are fit they're straight in. That's because maybe the players that have come in haven't quite done the job to win games.”
“It would be lovely for Liverpool to have beaten Lyon, then come the game against Manchester United, the manager could say 'What team do I pick? Everyone's playing well.’”
“At the moment I think the team's picking itself.
Defeats against Fiorentina, Chelsea, Sunderland, and Lyon leave the club in their worst run of form for 22-years, yet Rush suggests a victory against Manchester United on Sunday could change everything.
Rush told Sky Sports News: “The time is not right now,”
“You need to get behind the manager - and the players as well. I'm sure the supporters will do on Sunday.”
“It's up to the players to respond.”
“The manager can only pick a team and it's up to the players to respond on the pitch against Manchester United.”
“There will be a good atmosphere against Manchester United. Yeah, okay we lost against Lyon so maybe the atmosphere will not be quite what was expected, but we can still qualify for the second phase of the Champions League.”
“We've got to get behind everyone. For me that's what makes Liverpool such a special club.”
Rush suggested that players other than Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres need to stand up and be counted, and make the manager’s job of selecting the team harder.
He said: “The players that come in have got to do the job, it's as simple as that,”
“They've got to make the manager's job hard to pick the next team.”
“At the moment, when Torres, Gerrard and Johnson are fit they're straight in. That's because maybe the players that have come in haven't quite done the job to win games.”
“It would be lovely for Liverpool to have beaten Lyon, then come the game against Manchester United, the manager could say 'What team do I pick? Everyone's playing well.’”
“At the moment I think the team's picking itself.
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