Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has acknowledged that his team must show more fighting spirit next season if they are to end the club's long wait for a league title, and has asserted that it his aim to inculcate that mentality as soon as possible.
The coach also drew parallels between the club's situation and the way in which the city of Liverpool has always been known as a place where people do not take a backward step, where they face adversity together and beat it.
"When I decided to sign a new contract I did it because Liverpool Football Club is more than a club," he told The Liverpool Echo.
“It is the heart of the city. It is our life and for the people here it means so much. I thought I had to sign. We have to fight. We have to do it.
"The people in this city are always fighting and have been fighting all their lives. We want to do the same.
"We know the situation is not fantastic but I have a lot of confidence in our squad and we want to fight like we did this year."
Liverpool are beset by financial problems at the moment, largely as a result of the ownership of American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett, whose holding company made significant losses and whose decision to buy the club has left it saddled with huge debts.
And the Spaniard also affirmed that he felt the supporters had every reason to feel optimistic about the season ahead, despite the club's limited capability to compete in the transfer market.
"We have a very good squad but we can still improve a little bit," he added.
"How much can we improve? Enough to the win the title? I’m sure it will be enough to compete. Like this year we will try to compete on all fronts until the end."
The coach also drew parallels between the club's situation and the way in which the city of Liverpool has always been known as a place where people do not take a backward step, where they face adversity together and beat it.
"When I decided to sign a new contract I did it because Liverpool Football Club is more than a club," he told The Liverpool Echo.
“It is the heart of the city. It is our life and for the people here it means so much. I thought I had to sign. We have to fight. We have to do it.
"The people in this city are always fighting and have been fighting all their lives. We want to do the same.
"We know the situation is not fantastic but I have a lot of confidence in our squad and we want to fight like we did this year."
Liverpool are beset by financial problems at the moment, largely as a result of the ownership of American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett, whose holding company made significant losses and whose decision to buy the club has left it saddled with huge debts.
And the Spaniard also affirmed that he felt the supporters had every reason to feel optimistic about the season ahead, despite the club's limited capability to compete in the transfer market.
"We have a very good squad but we can still improve a little bit," he added.
"How much can we improve? Enough to the win the title? I’m sure it will be enough to compete. Like this year we will try to compete on all fronts until the end."
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