Benitez said: "We have played two games less than most teams. We can look at the table but I prefer not to because we don't know our real position yet.
"I always say it is better to take it one game at a time and then maybe in a few months we will know our true position.
"One of those games in hand is against Arsenal and has been set for February 14. We cannot change that situation but we need to start winning games and maybe by then we will be near the top three.
"If you have six more points it can make a huge difference to the table. We know that we can easily be three, four, five or six positions higher."