Rafa ready for crucial Lyon game

Rafa Benitez is looking forward to the big game tonight against Lyon as Liverpool travelled to France for their Champions League Group stage qualifier. Benitez has found his Liverpool side endure six defeats in seven games and knows that today he must stop the rot.

The Spaniard is well aware of the significance of this huge game tomorrow and was ready to nab a victory over the French giants.

Benitez said: ‘I am really pleased to be here and I want to be here for a long time.

‘And when you walk through a storm you hold your head up high and we will try to hold

our heads up high tomorrow.’