Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez reckons ending the club's wait for the Premier League title would be the greatest accomplishment of his career. The Reds have gone 18 years since lifting England's top prize when Kenny Dalglish's side won the old First Division in the 1989-90 season.
Liverpool fans are desperate to win the top-flight title again after seeing their arch-rivals Manchester United dominate domestically since the Premier League's inception in 1992.
Benitez accepts winning the championship is difficult because of the competiton from other clubs, but he believes he can achieve the feat. "Winning the title would be the biggest achievement of my career," Benitez told the club's official website. "It's more difficult than in Spain because teams here spend big money.
"We will do our best. The key is not to talk about winning the title but to talk about doing a good job so we can be close, so we can be contenders. "If we are close I think that we can win the title."
Benitez is currently scouring the transfer market for reinforcements for next season and the Spaniard knows it is vital that he brings in the right type of players to supplement his squad. "The key is to sign the right players with the right mentality - a winning mentality - competitive players, players who are desperate to come here to win something," added Benitez.
"That is the key for me. We have been analysing a lot of things this summer. For example, we were conceding a lot of goals last season from set-pieces. "We need to know why because the previous season we only conceded six, but this year it has been 16. We need to know why so we can improve in these areas, but keep the team scoring goals in open play.
"We have been really good in defence for three or four years but we need to improve a little bit if we want to be in contention."