"We are winning more games now with confidence in the league, as well as doing well in the Champions League," said Benitez.
"The team is stronger, playing well and that give us confidence. The most important thing this season is how we have started to play better in more than one competition at the same time. We have had good results, but I now want to see how we play at Manchester City. We have to keep going the way we are because talking about things means nothing if you can't do it on the pitch.
"This is a good run we are in, three successive league wins, but we must keep doing the same in the future. Consistency is the most important thing. The players have more confidence but that only stays if you keep winning. The European result in midweek will have further boosted our confidence and that achievement of furthering our involvement in Europe with another clean sheet will send us to Manchester City in the right frame of mind. We are better now, stronger with more players and we can handle, I believe, big games in two big tournaments at the same time."