Should Rafa still be Liverpool manager next season?

Arsenal's 5-0 hammering of Porto to reach the Champions League last 16 merely underlines the growing catastrophe at Anfield.

While the Gunners, written off at the start of the season, are scenting glory in Europe and taking on Chelsea and Manchester United in the most absorbing Premier League title race in years, many pundits' pre-season league favourites are looking unlikely to finish in the top four after defeat at Wigan on Monday - and, of course, have been dumped into the ignominy of the Europa League.

With what could be a potentially fatal trip to Old Trafford just two weeks away, the pressure is one again growing on Rafa Benitez and Mirror Football chief football writer Martin Lipton reckons the Spaniard's slating of his team on Monday shows how much he is rattled.

Meanwhile our Merseyside correspondent David Maddock says Liverpool have started to believe they're just a two-man team - and that those two stars could soon be off.

So, do you think Benitez will still be in his job at the start of next season? Should he be?

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