"It is difficult to say if things will be better or worse in the future for them," said the Liverpool boss.
"But it will always a good thing in the short term because their players want to impress the new manager.
"I think that they have a lot of quality and they will need time, but clearly they should be higher in the table.
"Roman Pavulchenko and Luka Modric are offensive players and Jermaine Jenas is a good player too. They are the reason why I have confidence they will improve. Tottenham have a lot of quality.
"David Bentley is another good player. He can shoot from distance and is very dangerous, so Pepe Reina will be aware of him."