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MARK LAWRENSON: Master tactician Rafa Benitez can beat Europe’s perennial underachievers

RAFAEL BENITEZ this week goes back to the big chess board he never seems to get beaten on.

When it comes to the Champions League he can out-manoeuvre the best of them and Arsene Wenger – who has always underachieved in Europe – won’t hold any fears.

The plan should be to go to the Emirates tomorrow just to stop them playing, and with Javier Mascherano back in the side they can easily pull that off.

In terms of a predictions, well I can see all three games with Arsenal this week ending in a draw.

If that happens it will be good for Liverpool in the league and could also be enough to see them through to the Champions League semi-finals.

ONE more thing – if Benitez thinks the songs supporters chant during the Merseyside derby are disrespectful, he should have been a player 20 years ago!

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