BENITEZ HUNGRY FOR MORE TROPHY SUCCESS

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Rafael Benitez believes the winning mentality he has instilled into his players means they will return to action next season hungrier than ever to add more silverware to the Anfield trophy cabinet.
The Reds boss admits to being frustrated by his side's inability to pick up silverware for the second consecutive season but insists that Liverpool have shown improvement this year and that his team are already focused on putting that right in the 2008/09 campaign.

"This club is all about winning things so we are disappointed not to have picked up any trophies this season," Benitez told LFC Magazine.

"But we will be hungrier next season. Clearly, we are winners and want to win silverware every year.

"We haven't done that for two seasons so we will be looking to improve again in order to try and deliver something for our supporters next time."

Despite an end of season run that saw them lose just two of their last 19 games, Liverpool finished the campaign 11 points behind champions Manchester United.

It is a gap Benitez feels must be reduced next season and something he believes his side can achieve if they start to pick up three points against their title rivals.

"Clearly, just one team can win the league, so it doesn't really matter if you are three, six, nine or 11 points behind as we are this season," he said.

"At the end of the day it is not a massive difference. It may just come down to one game over the course of a season.

"If you beat Manchester United once it results in a six point swing either way and that can be the difference.

"The key for me is knowing there is a difference between us and the three teams above us and that we must now reduce this gap.

"It wasn't massive this year. We came closer than last year. Hopefully next year we will be closer again, maybe even on top of them."


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