Cryptic response from Rafa

Rafa Benitez has launched a baffling attack on Liverpool's ousted owners and current managing director Christian Purslow.
Benitez, whose six-year reign in charge at Anfield ended in the summer, has issued an irked reply to claims made by former co-owner Tom Hicks that he was largely at fault for the Reds' worst ever start to the Premier League this season.
Hicks accused Benitez of wasting much of the money he was given to spend during the latter half of his tenure.
However, a clearly irritated Benitez insisted on Tuesday the Americans were to blame, citing their appointment of Purslow in the summer of last year as the beginning of a decline which ended in the Spaniard's departure.
Inter Milan boss Benitez, in an outburst reminiscent of Eric Cantona's famous quote featuring seagulls and trawlers, puzzlingly compared the events that preceded his departure to a bottle of milk.
"I prefer not to talk too much about Liverpool," said Benitez, who saw his former side slip to second bottom of the table after their Merseyside derby defeat on Sunday.
"I prefer not to talk about this because I feel really sorry for the fans.
"I was watching the fans and I was really sad after the defeat the other day.
"We have a saying in Spanish, which is: 'White liquid in a bottle has to be milk'."
Benitez, who guided the Reds to second place in the Premier League in 2009 but could only manage seventh last season, added: "What does this mean? It means that after 86 points and finishing second in the league, what changed?
"The Americans, they chose a new managing director and everything changed.
"So, what changed?
"The managing director is involved in all the decisions: new lawyer, new chief of press, new manager, nine new players, new medical staff, new fitness coaches - they changed everything.
"At the beginning, they changed the managing director who was talking with some players, and they changed everything that we were doing in the past.
"So, if you want to ask again what was going on, it's simple: they changed something and, at the end, they changed everything.
"So, white liquid in a bottle: milk. You will know who is to blame."
Pressed further on the matter, Benitez did little to explain his analogy and would only say: "White liquid in a bottle. If I see John the milkman in the Wirral, where I was living, with this bottle, I'd say, 'It's milk, sure'."
View the original article here