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Morientes: Too much pressure on Liverpool new boys
tribalfooball.com - November 16, 2006
Valencia striker Fernando Morientes has revealed the pressure new players are under at Liverpool.
Morientes, 30, insists being reminded about Liverpool's illustrious past made him feel he had let the club down by not firing them to the league title.
The same could be said now about Rafa Benitez's entire squad as a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal has left them languishing 14 points behind leaders Manchester United.
Morientes said: "There were times when I felt like I should have been paying them to play.
"I really hope things pick up for them. The players want to repay the fans for their support.
"I had a good first year but the second was worse and the last three months were terrible.
"Liverpool has a special mystique. It's one of the greatest clubs in Europe and they should be title challengers every year."
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