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"Liverpool" coach Rafael Benitez asked the club's fans not to worry about the team's poor start this season. After two consecutive losses in the Premier League, "Liverpool" dropped to 15th place and are 9 points behind the leading "Portsmouth" club. However, coach known as "Rafa" urges not to panic and is confident that results will improve soon. "Now is not the time to think about the league table. It is a long race. My goal as a coach is to improve the team's game. But I think we will beat "Newcastle" (on Wednesday, - ed.) and earn 3 points. We need to break this run of failures," said the Spanish strategist. Emphasizing that this is just the beginning of a long journey, the coach admitted that the team has problems in attack: "The key to victories is goals. In the last three away matches we did not score any goals, but I am sure we will start to do so soon." "Liverpool" signed two new forwards before the season - Welsh Craig Bellamy and Dutch Dirk Kuyt, who apparently still need time to gel. Meanwhile, team defender Jamie Carragher, who has been receiving less playing time lately, remains calm. The 28-year-old defender, who has played 113 matches for "Liverpool" in the last two years and has become a sturdy defensive pillar this season, has only appeared in one Premier League match this season. However, Carragher, while admitting it is embarrassing not to make it into the starting lineup, does not panic. He explained that it's due to player rotation, and reminded that when R. Benitez coached "Valencia" and won the Spanish championship twice, all team players remained "fresh" until the end of the season.
