London, Apr. 22 : Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez is insisting he will battle Manchester United to the end despite Russian football star Andrey Arshavin blitzing his team’s Liverpool’s title dream with four goals.

“We know that this result hands the initiative to them (Manchester United), but they had it before because they were always in the driving seat,” The Sun quoted Benitez, as saying.

London, Apr 11 : Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson upped his war of words with Rafa Benitez by suggesting that the Liverpool coach was guilty of taking his eye off the ball ahead of club's Champions League defeat to Chelsea in midweek by talking about him rather than the task in hand.

Ferguson took another swipe at the Merseyside club by claiming that Chelsea, fuelled by their win at Anfield, were now the biggest threat to United's hopes of completing a hat-trick of Premier League titles.

London, Apr. 8 : Coach Rafa Benitez is of the view that Manchester United's Alex Ferguson is scared of his club Liverpool FC.

The Anfield chief said: "He is worried about us and the challenge Liverpool can make. He likes to talk too much about other teams but I don't think it's mind games - I just think he's a little bit scared."

"I want to concentrate on my games but clearly you can see that Manchester United are not playing well so they are feeling the pressure," The Sun quoted him, as saying.

London, Apr. 2 : Liverpool FC coach Rafa Benitez has warned Manchester United that

The Anfield chief is convinced the fortnight gap will have no bearing on his rampant Reds' hopes of catching United.

"We were playing very well before the break, that is true. Now we have to start again. We want to pick up where we left things and carry on winning. We've every confidence it will be the same when we get everyone back," The Sun quoted him, as saying.

London, Mar 19 : Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez has finally ended his contract saga by signing a new 20million pound deal that will keep him at Anfield until 2014.

"My heart is with Liverpool Football Club, so I''m delighted to sign. I love the club, the fans and the city and with a club like this and supporters like this, I could never say no to staying," The Sun quoted Benitez, as saying.

London, Mar. 15 : Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez 100th league win has convinced him that his side can still win this year’s Premier League title.

The Sunday Express quoted him as saying: “If we can beat United and Real, we can beat anybody. Now we have to be concentrated, work hard and make no mistakes if we are going to challenge for the title.”