Rafael Benitez Season Quotations

We know we can win against them, but over a season the differences are more demanding. But compared to last season we now have a bigger and better squad and I believe we can manage the games in a different way.

If we finish second it will be fantastic, but very difficult. At the moment I am not thinking about statistics, only that we finish the season well.

I expect we will be able to announce his signing very soon, hopefully before the season starts. But I see no problem.

Last season people said Liverpool was not the best team in the Champions League and that made life easier for us because of the way teams prepared against us.

Our league season was not too good and theirs is the same this season. But we won the trophy when not doing well in England and I believe they can do the same.

Any medals and awards our players might receive for last season are fully merited, because they all did a fantastic job.

A lot of people talked about Liverpool last season and said we were the worst Liverpool team for 40 years,

I try to find positives and last season we lost at home to Graz AK and went on to be the champions.

In terms of the football and the mentality of the squad I think we have much more confidence in ourselves. The biggest difference for us this season is we know how to handle the physical games.