Rafa hoping to emulate Valencia success

Rafa has spoken about what he wishes to achieve in the next few years at Liverpool. He is hoping to replicate his achievements at Valencia where he delivered two league Championships:

"In Valencia I knew the league, the players and the referees. Here, I knew I needed more time."The Premiership is as difficult not more difficult than La Liga. In Spain Real Madrid and Barcelona are the big clubs and they spend a lot of money. Here you have Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United."I had some advantages at Valencia and could manage in a different way. Here we are improving and I know we can improve more. As a team we are a little bit better."In five or six years, we will see if I've done as well here as I did in Spain. I hope so."And Benitez quipped: "I'd like to be here for at least ten years and then maybe Steven Gerrard can take over."

The last few weeks have shown signs that the Rafa regime is beginning to pay dividends. We don't look like conceding and make things very difficult for our opponents. This is similar to how Valencia used to perform. Another parallel with Valencia is the distribution of goals across the team. The strikers aren't scoring too many however the midfielders are chipping in with more than their fair share.

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