 Kunyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwaNdira 2005, mushure mekunge anyoroveswa naClaudio Ranieri, Pellegrino akabatana neyaimbove Valencia boss Rafael Benítez kuLiverpool pane yekuchinjisa yemahara, achisaina kondirakiti yemwedzi mitanhatu kufamba uku kwakamuita iye wekutanga mutambi weArgentina munhoroondo yekirabhu. Akatamba ka12 kuReds muPremier League 13 zvachose asi kuita kwake kwakanga kusina kukwana kuchengetedza chibvumirano chakareba, uye akasunungurwa nekirabhu pakupera kwemwaka. Akanga akabatanidzwa mukombe weChampions League mushandirapamwe, uye haana kuratidzwa mukukunda pamusoro pe AC Milan mumutambo wekupedzisira wemakwikwi. 