Rafa Benitez is desperate to improve Liverpool's defensive record
but he accepts his side has come a long way following early-season
problems.
The Reds have kept successive cleansheets in the league
following a concerted effort to return to the defensive meanness of
last term.
However, Benitez thinks there is still room for improvement.
"Yes, we are definitely much better," the boss told the club's
website.
"Still we can improve because we were really good in the last
two or three seasons.
"Improving the defence needs hard work. But when you do your
job every day on the pitch and in every training session, you see
an improvement. That's what we're doing at the moment."
Meanwhile, Benitez admits his disappointment at the way this
season has panned out. He added: "I am disappointed with the way
things have gone on. We were scoring a lot of goals in some games
at home, but afterwards we weren't winning - and that's the
important thing. It doesn't matter if you score four or five goals
against one team if you don't win the next game.
"Two or three goals changed everything in the Champions
League but clearly we have to improve. We want to do that now.
Everyone's ready and improving depends on us.
"We know that it's very important for us, for the fans and
the club to do well. So we'll push really hard.
"We have some players coming back from injury and if we can
keep the majority of the players fit then we can beat anyone. The
last two wins in the league means this team is coming back."
