Source: Liverpool_Echo
Reds must be on their mettle for Wigan test - Liverpool FC boss Rafa Benitez
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will warn his players against complacency when they face Wigan tomorrow by pointing to December's defeat at Portsmouth.[LNB]Having beaten the Latics three days previously, the Reds travelled to Fratton Park to face the Barclays Premier League's bottom side only to be beaten 2-0.[LNB]Liverpool have lost just once since then - at Arsenal - to haul themselves back into the race for Champions League qualification.[LNB]A win at the DW Stadium tomorrow would lift them back into fourth as FA Cup action means none of their major rivals have league fixtures this weekend.[LNB]At the other end of the table Wigan are embroiled in a relegation battle after just one win in 13 matches, but Benitez is wary of reading too much into that statistic.[LNB]'In the Premier League you don't have too many easy games. Wigan are a club fighting for relegation so it will be very difficult for us,' said the Spaniard.[LNB]'Because Wigan are at the bottom of the table people will say 'You have to win this game', but we know it is not just this one.[LNB]'It will be Portsmouth, United or someone else so we have to be ready for every game.[LNB]'If you analyse the position in the table you maybe say it is easy, but we have the experience of Portsmouth so we know we have to be ready and concentrate for this game and be really focused.[LNB]'You never know. Sometimes there is more determination in a team fighting against relegation but maybe they will be more anxious and will make more mistakes, it depends on the character of the players.[LNB]'It also depends how the game is going. If we score early on I am sure they will be under pressure but if they have more determination it will be more difficult.'
