Former Liverpool star Xabi Alonso has backed his former manager Rafa Benítez to turn things around at Anfield.
Alonso has seen his former team-mates fall off the pace in the Premier League since his summer departure to Real Madrid and Benítez has come under fire from supporters for his sale of the midfielder.
"It’s not the Liverpool way to sack a manager after a few bad results early in the season. They have full confidence in him and he is the right man for the club," Alonso told The Times.
"I think he’s a great manager. He’s capable of managing the squad he has got right now. He has been making decisions for a long time.
"It wouldn’t be a good decision to change the manager. I still have great respect for him. I’m very grateful to him for the five great years I had at Liverpool.
"He knows the squad very well and works with them on a daily basis. The situation isn’t the best right now but he knows how to turn it around."
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Alonso has seen his former team-mates fall off the pace in the Premier League since his summer departure to Real Madrid and Benítez has come under fire from supporters for his sale of the midfielder.
"It’s not the Liverpool way to sack a manager after a few bad results early in the season. They have full confidence in him and he is the right man for the club," Alonso told The Times.
"I think he’s a great manager. He’s capable of managing the squad he has got right now. He has been making decisions for a long time.
"It wouldn’t be a good decision to change the manager. I still have great respect for him. I’m very grateful to him for the five great years I had at Liverpool.
"He knows the squad very well and works with them on a daily basis. The situation isn’t the best right now but he knows how to turn it around."
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