Former Liverpool captain Alan Hansen is convinced Rafa Benitez can break their Premiership drought next season.

"There's no doubting the fact we'll begin 2009-10 with a better chance of winning the league than at any time in recent history," Hansen told LFC Magazine.

"During the last few months of 2008-09 we started to hammer home our authority against the lesser sides and the team has proved they are capable of going on great runs and scoring a lot of goals.

"It's just getting the knack of knowing how to win the Premier League now because there is certainly a way of winning it. Manchester United have proved they've got that knack and now Liverpool have got to prove we've got it too.

"That means putting lesser teams away, winning the games that are tight and getting results in games where it looks like you are down and out.

"Liverpool have got the big things in place to do that; it's now just taking care of the small things that you also need to win a championship."