Summary
PEPE REINA has delivered a blunt assessment of Liverpool's early- season woes by admitting they have no right to consider themselves title candidates, adding: 'It is clear something is wrong.' The Liverpool goalkeeper reflected on the shock of losing two of their opening four Barclays Premier League games and conceded that any talk of ending a 20-year wait to be crowned champions would have to be shelved. Manager Rafa Benitez tried to play down defeats by Tottenham and Aston Villa, but Reina admitted they were symptoms of a side struggling to live up to their preseason billing as title challengers. An unconvincing away win over Bolton a fortnight ago failed to dispel the 27-year-old's concerns as, speaking ahead of today's home game with Burnley, he said: 'Something is clearly going wrong. It is not very common for Liverpool to lose two games out of four, so we have to look at that.
'The team that we have now is the team that we have, and maybe it is time to be realistic and not think about the title but just to think about winning the next game.See the full content of this document
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We're Way Off Beam, Says Reina [Eire Region]
'After April, we can think about where we are, but it makes no sense to put ourselves under this pressure of winnin...
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