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Sat 11 Nov 2009Benitez vows to stay at Anfield
SOCCER/ ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: RAFAEL BENITEZ has vowed to stay at Liverpool and restore the club to their place in Europe’s elite. The Anfield chief was speaking in the wake of Liverpool’s exit from the Champions League and ahead of the 212th Merseyside derby clash at Everton tomorrow.
Calls for Benitez to be axed, along with suggestions he may even jump ship, provoked the Spaniard into an impassioned speech that followed a string of supportive words from key players.
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