Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has confessed to Spanish media the club's obsession over the Premiership title is hurting progress.

He said: "Our problem lies in the massive expectations of success that surround us. The league! The league! We have gone 19 years without winning it! And then when the Champions League comes around we go for that, too.

"Since I arrived we have won four trophies and played in seven finals and a Champions League semi-final. We are where we ought to be but the problem is the anxiety. We need to manage it but it is not easy."