"How many teams have won the Champions League? That is a massive trophy and it is more difficult to win than any other trophy," Benitez said. "The Premier League is our target because we have won the Champions League. If you ask Chelsea or Arsenal what they would like to win most of all, I am sure they would say the Champions League. After 18 years without the Premier League we want to win it, but we have to be more consistent."

The Liverpool manager added: "I came here to improve things and I still remember my first conversations about what we wanted to do here. In three years' time the target was to be contenders, and in three years we have won four trophies and played in seven finals. So we have improved. We haven't been at the top level in the league for 15 years. Before I came we hadn't won the Champions League for 21 years. We are improving, but we cannot say it is enough."