Rafael Benitez: 'My daughter thinks she's from Liverpool'

Chelsea interim manager Rafael Benitez has admitted that his youngest daughter believes that she's a scouser.

The Spaniard, who took charge at Anfield for six years between 2004 and 2010, moved to Italy during his stint at Inter Milan, but his family opted to keep their permanent residence on Merseyside.

"When we came back [to Liverpool] you could see the smiles on their faces, so that was enough," Benitez told the Daily Mail.

"They have all their friends here and the little one thinks she is from Liverpool because she has been there all her life."

Benitez will come face-to-face with his former club when he takes his Blues team to Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday.