Liverpool have suffered from a miss of investment says Rafael Benitez Football

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Rafael Benitez has come out in agreement with Fernando Torres over the striker"s straightforward comment of Liverpool"s failings this season.

Torres believes that the disaster to sufficient reinstate Xabi Alonso, Alvaro Arbeloa and Sami Hyypia has valid rarely deleterious to the bar that lost just twice last deteriorate in finishing runners-up in the Premier League to Manchester United.

A pull at Birmingham City on Sunday has left Liverpool sixth, 4 points adrift of the last Champions League-qualifying position, carrying played a game some-more than both Manchester City in fourth and Tottenham Hotspur in fifth.

Benitez concedes his patrol needs vital investment this summer to force the approach back between the pretension contenders. "I determine with Fernando about a lot of things," he said. "He talks about it being a empathize we accomplished with 86 points last year and we couldn"t progress.

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"We need to pointer a little players, we need to move a little money. We need an investor and afterwards we can plea in a improved way.

"The players are operative so tough and they feel they can do more. Fernando the alternative day [at Birmingham], he was feeling unequivocally tired. He was perplexing and the alternative players were perplexing but whilst we don"t have the financier it will be formidable to go one step forward."

Liverpool host Benfica at Anfield tomorrow in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final, with Benitez"s group trailing 2-1 after the initial leg.

"We will try to do the most appropriate tomorrow to win," Benitez said. "Hopefully we can change the books this year. We need right away to perform on the representation and create a improved incident for the new investors.

"We are you do unequivocally well at home, generally the last games in the league and Europa League.

"We are assured we can kick Benfica. We have an event right away to win silverware so it will be critical right away for all the people here, for the fans and the club.

"The fans subsidy the group is the most appropriate approach to get a outcome so I goal they will be at the back of the team."

Torres is fit after being seen with an ice pack on his knee following his substitution at Birmingham but Ryan Babel and Emiliano Insua are suspended.