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Liverpool Echo
REDS boss Rafa Benitez showed his true colours when he joined a group of Liverpool supporters for a night out in a German pub.
Benitez left around 100 Reds fans stunned last night when he walked into Jamesons bar in Cologne city centre.
The Liverpool team and fans are in Germany for tonight's crunch Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkeusen.
Benitez is believed to have been looking for somewhere to watch the Chelsea-Barcelona match after he found it wasn't being screened at the club hotel.
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He ventured out with first team coach Alex Miller and after walking around the city centre for a few minutes stumbled upon Jamesons, which was packed out with Liverpool fans.
Radio City sports presenter Paul Salt was in the bar at the time. He said: "It was absolutely unbelievable.
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"The bar was rammed with Liverpool fans and they had been singing Rafa's name all day.
"All of a sudden the doors opened and in walked Benitez with Alex Miller and everyone's jaws just dropped.
"When he got to the bar he was mobbed; everyone was shaking his hand and wanting to have a chat with him.
"Rafa recognised me because I've interviewed him a few times for City and I asked him what he was doing there.
"He told me he had just been looking for somewhere quiet to watch the Chelsea game and this was the only place he could find.
"I think word must have got around that the Liverpool manager was in Jamesons because more and more fans started turning up.
"In the end he stayed for about half an hour and had his picture taken with everyone. He was an absolute gentleman."
