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LIVERPOOL FC: RAFA: LET'S SEE SOME PRIDE

Rafael Benitez wants his players to show the type of pride and passion that is deserving of the Liverpool shirt as they look to resurrect their season against Sunderland on Saturday.

/noticias.info/ The Reds boss believes his team should recognise that it is a privilege to be associated with such a "special club' and feels they must show all of their fighting spirit if they are to pick up their first league victory of 2008.

"This is a very, very special club and we are really lucky because we have the support of the best fans in the world," said Rafa.

"Whenever I speak to my friends who work in football in Spain they tell me how lucky I am to be manager of such a great club with such fans and I know that.

"So when things are not going so well it is vital that everyone at the club does everything we can to make things better.

"We have to have pride in the shirt, pride in the club that we work for and pride in the fans that we represent.

"We cannot feel sorry for ourselves or wish that things were different because that changes nothing.

"The only way things will get better for us is if we make it happen."

Despite hitting five goals in both FA Cup matches against Luton Town and Havant and Waterlooville the Reds have struggled for form in the last month.

In fact they have not won in the league since the 2-1 win over Derby on Boxing Day but Benitez is confident that will all change if they show their true quality against Roy Keane's Black Cats.

He said: "I have confidence in my players and in my staff and we have shown what we can achieve together so many times.

"Things have not gone our way in the last few games but you do not always get what you deserve.

"The key when this happens is to train harder, to work harder in training and to play better in matches.

"If you do all of those things then we will soon get back to winning ways." notas_de_prensa_archivo