{"id":744,"date":"2009-11-03T02:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T02:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2009\/11\/03\/former-great-defends-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2017-02-09T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T12:49:49","slug":"former-great-defends-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2009\/11\/former-great-defends-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"FORMER GREAT DEFENDS LIVERPOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool legend Dietmar Hamann has come to Rafa Benitez&#8217;s aid by saying &#8220;People calling for Rafa&#8217;s head are very premature, he has been there five years and has improved them every season.<br \/>\nRafa has got everything a top-class manager needs, he will be turn it around. The team is good enough to pull through, they were pretty unlucky against Fulham. 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