Rafael Benítez hoping home truths help keep Newcastle in Premier League

• Out-of-form Newcastle face Manchester United on Wednesday
• ‘Everyone, players, staff, has to realise it is so difficult for us’

José Mourinho’s often stark candour won few hearts and minds at Manchester United but Rafael Benítez believes his own brand of brutal honesty can help keep Newcastle United in the Premier League.

As Benítez prepared to welcome a team from Old Trafford under Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s interim care to Tyneside on Wednesday night he reflected on the fine line separating debilitating negativity and necessary realism.

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