Rafael Benítez, who is Chelsea manager now, was in charge of Liverpool when they played Debrecen four years ago.
According to the former Liverpool manager, "nothing suspicious against Debrecen".
"I'm surprised, though it was nothing to do with [Liverpool]," Benítez
said. "We went out to win the game, and we did. I didn't remember
[anything suspicious]. It was a game we had to win, and we approached it
to do just that. The fact it was 1-0 means it was quite difficult. I
think that it's fantastic that the investigation is taking place,
analysing those 300-odd games. If they find something then OK. If not,
even better. But it's important to clarify things. I'm very happy with
that."
The Hungarian club have confirmed their goalkeeper, Vukasin Poleksic,
had been questioned by Uefa having been approached by fixers before the
game at Anfield, which Liverpool won 1-0 with a Dirk Kuyt's goal. No
player or official involved with the game has been disciplined for any
offence relating to it though Poleksic was banned for two years in 2010
by Uefa for failing to report an approach from match-fixers involving
Debrecen's 4-3 defeat to Fiorentina in October 2009, a month after the
Anfield tie.
Rob Wainwright, the director of Europol, the European
Union's law-enforcement agency, had told a news conference on Monday
that a total of 425 match officials, club officials, players, and
serious criminals, from more than 15 countries, were suspected of being
involved in attempts to fix matches, with 380 games under suspicion.
