"The team, the squad, has shown that it's better and this is a fantastic experience for the next years because we are in a position now that we were not before, for me that is the positive thing," said Benitez.
"Always you can talk about trophies but in England there are so many strong sides, it's not easy. At least you have to be there, you have to be contending - then you see what happens.
"We have four games now to finish the season and we're still in the title race so I think it's very positive.
"Normally when you play this level you know that at the end of the season you will play for trophies and can lose but if you analyse the whole season I think the team's done very well, especially without Gerrard and Torres for a lot of games.
"I have confidence that we can fight until the end. After that, it's very good experience because we have been in a position we were not before, not for a long time."