Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard lashed out at Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez in response to the Spaniard’s assumption that the visitors would go into Tuesday night’s Champions League last-16 clash at Anfield with a three-pronged attack comprising Ronaldinho, Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto’o.

The Dutch coach said: “It is great to play against a team whose manager already knows everything.

“Maybe it is his way of hiding any kind of anxiety he might have himself.

“The people who know everything and say they know everything are the ones who know the least amount.”