Rafa likes his lone striker formations

Rafa has staunchly defended our tactics. He says that these tactics have proved fruitful in the past and there is no reason why they won't work in the future. Rafa has also pointed out that more strikers doesn't necessarily mean more goals:
"I know we need improvement in attack, but we are better in defence. If you want to build a strong team you must always start at the back," insists Benitez. "The quality of the players is the most important thing. You must know what you have and work with it. "The formation depends on the players you have and who you're playing. We play 4-2-3-1 a lot. People say it's 4-5-1 when you don't have the ball. "Chelsea play similar, but for them it becomes 4-3-3 when they have the ball and attack. But the system isn't that important. The players' movement is what makes it work. "You don't score a lot of goals just by playing a lot of strikers. What you need is a lot of players who are capable of getting into the box. "In the Champions League, Chelsea used Robert Huth as a striker in the last 10 minutes. They had four players as strikers at the end. Did that mean they scored goals? No. They still couldn't score. "Tell me, how do Chelsea win their matches? They control the game in defence first and then they have good forwards to build attacks. They win most games 1-0 or 2-0. United and Arsenal do the same. They defend properly first and don't allow their opponent many opportunities. That's what we're trying to achieve. "We have the defensive part better now, but for sure we must improve more in attack. It can take time to get the balance right but at this moment we are heading the right way. I know we can beat anyone. "Manchester United have conceded only once this season but when they came to Anfieldthey were afraid of what we could do to them. They paid us a lot of respect. "We know we need to win more games, but the first thing you must do is control the game inorder to make chances." Much has been said and written this week about Liverpool's failure to win more matches this season - but the boss has heard it all before. "In my first season in charge of Valencia we went 13 games without losing a match. There were seven draws in those games. Everyone spoke about the number of games we drew and how the team needed to win," he said. "At the end of the season, we were league champions."

In my opinion it will take approximately 90 points to win the league this season as Chelsea are so adept at winning games. We have already dropped 6 points leaving very little margin for error. We need to go on a run of victories very soon if we are to have any chance. In 2004 when Rafa was at Valencia 73 points was enough to win the league allowing him to fail to win 15 games and still win the Primera division.

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