London, Nov. 27 : Manchester United star Gary Neville has told Liverpool that it deserves to be out of the Champions League.

The Sun quoted him as saying: "As a team you get what you deserve. We are where we are because we deserve to be there - and it is the same with Liverpool. They just haven''t performed well enough in the Champions League to get the results."

Liverpool''s failure to reach the Champions League knockout stage has turned up the heat on Benitez ahead of Sunday''s Merseyside derby at Everton.

They are already out of the Premier League title race and face a struggle to finish in the top four to qualify for next season''s competition. (ANI)