article_snippet.sent: Rafa Benitez is what Rafa Benitez is; an excellent cup manager.
article_snippet.sent: Rafa Benitez proved this yet again on Thursday, when Rafa Benitez Napoli side blitzed past Europa League favourites
article_snippet.sent: Rafa Benitez famously guided Liverpool to Europa League in 2005 as Rafa Benitez enjoyed cup successes .
article_snippet.sent: Rafa Benitez remains popular at Anfield, but when Rafa Benitez left there were few regrets over Rafa Benitez departure .
article_snippet.sent: Donovan Chandler is a Liverpool fan writer on 90min.com .
article_snippet.sent: At Anfield, we will be eternally grateful for Europa League trophy Donovan Chandler delivered in 2005, in spite of possessing what was, on paper at least, we worst accumulation of players in recent history.
article_snippet.sent: Djimi Traore, Antonio Nunez, Milan Baros and Igor Biscan - cult hero that he was - were all part of that unfathomably successful squad.
article_snippet.sent: Two years after Instanbul, Rafa Benitez was (almost) at it again with a side that better resembled the one Rafa Benitez would have wanted, though it wasn't quite good enough to overcome an improved AC Milan side on this occasion.
article_snippet.sent: For all the Spaniard's successes, Rafa Benitez also brought in the hapless Djimi Traore and Czech forward Milan Baros .
article_snippet.sent: And although we ran Manchester United a close second two seasons after that, we actually ended up further away from the Premier League title than we had been in a number of years during Rafa Benitez final campaign (2009-10) - a failure that signalled the end to an Anfield tenure that also yielded we last FA Cup.
article_snippet.sent: In between, Rafa Benitez lumbered we with the Josemi's, Albert Riera's and Phillipp Degen's of this world; none of we had many regrets over Rafa Benitez departure - except, of course, that it was the catalyst for we introduction to Roy Hodgson.
article_snippet.sent: Rafa Benitez won our last FA Cup with Liverpool in 2006 on penalties against West Ham .
article_snippet.sent: With Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard playing well together, Rafa Benitez got close to the Premier League title, but never won the Premier League title .
article_snippet.sent: And for all Rafa Benitez moments, I fully believe we are on the right track again under Brendan Rodgers, even if we can't quite clutch that final Champions League spot this season - or miss out on our last FA Cup.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool's failure in Champions League means that Rafa Benitez will always be remembered as a cup specialist .
article_snippet.sent: That's where Rafa Benitez excels; Champions League success at Stamford Bridge and triumph in the Coppa Italia last term are further testament to this.
article_snippet.sent: Good luck, Rafa Benitez.
highlights_snippet.sent: Rafa Benitez won the Champions League and FA Cup with Liverpool .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Liverpool fans are grateful to Rafa Benitez for Rafa Benitez successes .
  