No pressure for Rafa

Last updated : 06 November 2007 By Al Campbell
Liverpool go into tonight's game with Besiktas knowing they must win if they're to keep their Champions League hopes alive. Rafa Benitez is looking towards the match in a positive frame of mind.

"Clearly we need to win," said the Reds boss.

"They asked me who is the favourite and we don't have any problem with the word. We play at Anfield and we are favourites because we want to win, we have confidence and we think we have enough quality to win.

"I think that this year we started really well in the Premier League and people were expecting something similar in the Champions League, because we were scoring a lot of goals and playing good football.

"We couldn't win against Marseille at home but now we know we need to change, play better and score goals against Besiktas.

"I think it is really, really important for us. We have enough confidence to win, so we are just thinking about three points and we are positive."