I'm fully with Benitez.
We played to his tactics and lost by an unlucky own goal. Their team is better yet we nullified them for the majority of the game. Their goals were scrappy and their moments of quality were no where near our goal.
We were missing three of our best players. Three new signings started.
And yet we almost got something out of the game.
It's a pity our next game is against City and then Arsenal as well as having Man Utd after that. We're gonna be starting the season with a massive boulder on our back.
October and November are going to be the real tests and that's when Rafa will shine.
At least we look comfortable and organized. It's not last ditch defending. The team looks like a unit.