Journalist Rob Beasley took quotes from Spanish paper El Mundo, did a cut'n'paste job on them and ran an article under the headline 'It's Your Fault: Rafa In New Blast At Owners.'
The actual quotes in El Mundo are as follows:"The owners were lacking faith in your work a couple of months ago when the team was six points behind the leaders with a game in hand.
"Has this issue influenced the progress of the team?" asked the Spanish paper.
Benitez replied: "As a coach you could say yes.
"It would be the perfect excuse, but I don't want to use it.
"What is clear is that at that time we were in a good position and the team was at the point of winning many of the matches that we have drawn and that is what brought us down."
The Liverpool boss has already dismissed Beasley as a liar when asked about the story before Sunday's game.
"It is no surprise. Everybody in Liverpool knows that there are two newspapers that you cannot trust. This is one of them," Benitez told Sky Sports.
"He [Beasley] talks of it being an exclusive, but the journalist is lying. I was talking with the Spanish press - he was manipulating everything.
"I have contact with them, especially with Mr Hicks, because he [Beasley] was talking about Mr Hicks and I think he is lying.
"Well, clearly he is lying because I did not talk with him."
The Echo is reporting Benitez is suing the paper for libel and false attribution.
