 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Rafael Benítez akasiya kirabhu pakupera kwemwaka wa2009-10 uye akatsiviwa naRoy Hodgson. Kuguma panzvimbo yechinomwe mu2009-10 Premier League kwaireva kuti Liverpool yaizokwikwidza mu2010-11 Europa League. Vakakunda Rabotnički yekuMacedonia neTrabzonspor yekuTurkey kuti vafambire mberi kuchikwata cheboka, uko Liverpool yakadhirowewa pamwe neNapoli, FC Utrecht neSteaua București. Vakakunda mitambo miviri uye vakaenzanisa ina kuti vapedze vari pamusoro muboka ravo nemapoinzi gumi uye vafambire mberi kunhanho ye32. Vakakundwa neSparta Prague mumutambo unotevera. Zvisinei, mutambo usati waitwa, Hodgson akatsiviwa nemutungamiri wekare Kenny Dalglish, uyo pakutanga akashanda semutungamiri anotarisira. Kukunda kwe10 kwakavimbisa kufambira mberi kunharaunda ye16, umo Liverpool yakarasikirwa ne10 pahuwandu hweBraga. Nzvimbo yechitanhatu mu2010-11 Premier League yakareva kuti kirabhu haina kukwanisa kukwikwidza kumakwikwi eEuropean kekutanga kubvira 1999. Mumwaka unotevera, kukunda mumutambo wokupedzisira weLigi CupLiverpool yakachengetedza nzvimbo mu2012 13 Europa League. 