The Brazilian player Lucas Leiva thinks that the manager of "Liverpool" Rafael Benitez is the best manager in the world. On Tuesday night "Liverpool" will play in semi-final with Chelsea in UEFA Champions League. Lucas is not expected to play a starting role in that game, but he said that he wants to play in that game.

"Benitez is the most knowledgably manager in the world, he continues to prove his qualities," Lucas Leiva said. The player also said that he wants to "now beat Chelsea" in the semi-final.

Arsene Wenger thinks that his team will be the champions. His team "Arsenal" is now six points behind the champions in the table, but Arsene Wenger thinks that his team will be the champions.

Arsene Wenger said that "The result at Boro helped a lot" for his team to be the champions. For being the champions his team needs to win all five matches, Arsene Wenger thinks that it is possible.

Manuel Almunia has signed a new contract with "Arsenal" after three years. He signed a new long-term contract, but the length of the contract is not known yet.

Manuel Almunia said to the official site of "Arsenal" that he is "very happy" and hopes "to be here for a long, long time". Manuel Almunia jas joined "Arsenal" in 2004, played 11 matches and now he wants to continue working in London.

The coach of "Chelsea", Avram Grant, who replaced Jose Mourinho as manager last September said to Daily Mail that they "have a very, very good team at Chelsea" and that they have good chance to win Champions League this season.

"But we have to plan for the future as well and I want to add more flair to the team.", said Grant and also metioned that he feels that "Roman Abramovich will give us his full support if the right player becomes available", talking about the team.