"I think we need to think about every competition as an option and a target," said Benitez.
"The Carling Cup is a good competition for us. We were in the final two years ago and we want to win for sure.
"Youngsters can be an option but we have some senior players that are not playing a lot of games and we will see if they can be involved. Our idea is to use a very strong team if it's possible."
