"This is a very, very special club and we are really lucky because we have the support of the best fans in the world," said Rafa Benitez.
"Whenever I speak to my friends who work in football in Spain they tell me how lucky I am to be manager of such a great club with such fans and I know that.
"So when things are not going so well it is vital that everyone at the club does everything we can to make things better.
"We have to have pride in the shirt, pride in the club that we work for and pride in the fans that we represent.
"We cannot feel sorry for ourselves or wish that things were different because that changes nothing.
"The only way things will get better for us is if we make it happen."
