Rafa confident

Last updated : 25 November 2007 By Al Campbell
Liverpool need a win against Porto on Wednesday if they are to keep their Champions League hopes alive. Rafa Benitez is confident his side can take the three points.

"The team has confidence. We know it will be a difficult game because we know Porto are a team with quality so we have to do our job and see if it is possible to play as well as we did against Besiktas," said the Reds boss.

"And I am confident we can do it. We are a team that can play under strain and stress. We have proved that.

"We have had our problems in the group and we found it hard in the game against Porto over there. But there is a big difference. For a start we are playing at Anfield - and we know we need to win to have a chance of progressing.

"So what we have to do is clear - and I believe we can do it.

""I believe we can do it. We proved in the past against teams like Chelsea, and in the Final itself, that we can handle strain and we have more experience now.

"And Porto cannot afford to just sit back. If Besiktas beat Marseilles they will have a big opportunity to go through in the last game so Porto have to come here and try to win - and that should help us."