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Article: City back their own under-fire Benitez.(Sport)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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ALEX McLEISH is content with the contribution made by Birmingham striker Christian Benitez even though he is still awaiting his first goal for the midlands club.
But the City manager admits the Ecuador international needs to break his scoring duck to take the pressure off himself ahead of tonight's Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool at Anfield.
McLeish said: "Is Benitez becoming frustrated? I am hoping it is going to be like waiting for a bus. Once one comes, we get a barrel-load of goals and that tends to happen when you are waiting for a bus.
"I think Benitez has brought something extra to the team. There is no doubt that he upsets ...