“I am confident we can beat anyone at Anfield on our day with the fans behind us… We were just not strong enough today but there is still 90 minutes to play.” Said the Manager.

Lille’s Eden Hazard scored a late goal which settled the tie in front of just under 20,000 fans. It was the second game Benitez’s Liverpool have failed to score, following a 1-0 defeat at Wigan on Monday.

Liverpool are now evens to qualify for the next round with Betfair.

Liverpool will play their 3rd game in a row to be screened live on Television when they take on Portsmouth at Anfield on Monday.

After crashing out of the Champions League in November, The Reds have had their worst start to a season in over a decade and manager Rafa Benitez finds himself 6/5 not to last till the end of the season at Sky Bet. The same odds are offered by William Hill for the “big four” to finish in the top 4 spots come the end of the season.

Liverpool host Arsenal on Sunday in the big game of the weekend and nothing less than 3 points will satisfy the disgruntled Merseysiders who frequent Anfield.