RAFA BENITEZ watched Liverpool stutter to a 1-0 win and insisted: We’ve got the guts to stay top.
Steven Gerrard’s 75th-minute penalty sunk Pompey and kept the Kop side three points clear of Chelsea after Benitez made FOUR changes to the side which won at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
The Anfield boss said: “This sends the message to players and everyone that we can change it and still win.
It was an agonising defeat for Tony Adams in his first game since replacing Harry Redknapp as Portsmouth boss.
But he refused to blame Papa Bouba Diop, whose extraordinary handball — punching Fabio Aurelio’s corner off Sami Hyypia’s head — handed Liverpool their spot-kick winner.
