Benitez Vows To Be First Liverpool Boss To Win Silver At New Wembley

Spaniard hopes for League Cup and/or FA Cup final appearance.

Oct 28, 2009 11:32:48 AM

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Rafael Benitez - Liverpool (PA)

Ahead of Liverpool's trip to north London to take on Arsenal in the Carling Cup, Reds boss Rafael Benitez has declared his ambition of leading his side to Wembley.
 
"If you can progress in a competition, that is what you have got to do," Benitez said in the Liverpool Echo. "You have got to select the right players for each game and it depends on the programme you have.

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"But we are always thinking about progressing and winning and the Carling Cup gives us that first opportunity. I would love to win a trophy with Liverpool at Wembley."
 
He continued: "We try to approach things always one game at a time. It's the Carling Cup and it's Arsenal, so it is a little bit different to normal but the mentality and the confidence will always be the same; we know we have got to go down there and win and the players will be ready.
 
"Every year is different and you cannot think too much about what happened in the past because circumstances change all the time. To beat Arsenal - or any of the top sides - is a challenge and that is always our target. It doesn't matter what the competition is, always you want to win."

Alan Dawson, Goal.com UK

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