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• French team ‘will want to win in Florence’ • Manager calls for a repeat of finest hour Rafael Benítez has conceded Liverpool must emulate their finest achievement in the Champions League group stage to avoid elimination in Hungary tomorrow as he rejected the theory he could fall victim to a conspiracy in Florence. A Liverpool victory at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium over Debrecen, the Hungarian champions who prop up Group E, will prove futile in attempts to secure a sixth successive passage to the knockout phase should Fiorentina beat Lyon at Stadio Artemio Franchi. Liverpool need a Lyon result in Italy to retain interest in this season’s competition, and avoid a costly elimination to the Europa League, but Benítez does not believe Claude Puel’s team will tread lightly in Florence with the aim of reducing the number of Premier League opponents in the latter stages. “I don’t think that Lyon will want to see Fiorentina qualify before us.
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