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SAMMY LEE has revealed how Rafael Benitez’s meticulous attention to detail has ensured the smooth running of the club in the manager’s absence.
Benitez – who was yesterday handed a return to his home city of Madrid after Liverpool were draw with his former club Real in the last 16 of the Champions League – was admitted to hospital in the early hours of Monday morning with a kidney stones problem and was kept in for an operation.
He will be back on the sidelines tomorrow when Liverpool go to Arsenal looking to extend their one-point lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League.
But his absence from the training ground has had no negative impact on the preparations due to the painstaking forward-planning that the Spaniard is renowned for.
“To say that we don’t miss him would be totally wrong because he is the manager, he is such a presence,” said Lee.
“But it is a credit to him and the way he has set things in place that it means we can go on with him not being here.
