Rafa Benitez tells players to forget final

By Redsfan
May 6 2005

Rafa Benitez wants his players to forget about the Champions League final and concentrate on getting the best results possible in their remaining two league matches.

The Reds play Arsenal on Sunday and Aston Villa the following week-end and Rafa want’s them to get maximum points.

Rafa said:

"The games against Arsenal and Aston Villa are now our most important fixtures, not the final," said Benitez. "It's going to be difficult against Arsenal, but we have two games to get into the top four and then we'll have 10 days to prepare for the final.

"I've told the players not to think about the final until after these two games. We must be concentrating on the league.

"If we win our last two games we could be in the top four and then we'll be even happier before we go to Istanbul.

"To win trophies in the future means playing to a high level in every game, not just in Europe. We can't think it's okay to come fifth just because we've reached the final. We must try to finish in the top four. If we win both our games, it's possible."