Benitez blames freak goal on crap team

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has laid the blame for his side's defeat at Sunderland on a complete shambles of a team who cannot tell a football from a giant red inflatable beach ball. "I have gone over this many times in training with them," said the Liverpool manager. "A football is a generally white object that is also round. A giant red beach ball is not. Some may say it is a freak goal that shouldn't have ever been given.

"But I say that it just shows that this is a shower of footballers put together for an outrageous amount of money that still can't clear their f**king box. How are we going to defend against a rampaging Real Madrid team featuring Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema if we're completely bedevilled by a f**king beach ball? What a bunch of f**kers!"

Many managers have come to Benitez's defence, insisting that putting out a useless team is something that can happen to any manager. Former England boss Steve Mclaren lent his support saying, "It's happened to me so many times that it's not even worth bothering myself about. I've done everything I can to get a win and then up pops a complete bunch of no-hopers with Scott Carson in goal."