The Spanish coach believes that his side are hitting top form as
they prepare to face Everton, Manchester United and then Arsenal on
three consecutive occasions.
Victory over Reading at the weekend ensured that the Reds are still
in fourth place and Benítez is hoping that the run can continue in
their next outing.
"We now have a very tough spell. Everyone kept saying that because
of that we had to win our three home league games with West Ham,
Newcastle and now Reading. We have now done that," he
explained,
"Now we have really difficult games and we needed these seven wins
beforehand.
"Now we have five very hard games, three with Arsenal plus Everton
and Manchester United away next week. We will only think of each
one as it arrives, you cannot start to worry about what is
ahead.
"The first one is the most important. If we can keep our momentum
then it will be easier going into the second one. We must not waste
our time thinking too far ahead.
"We started the season playing well, winning a lot of games,
scoring plenty of goals and we were unbeaten in the league until
December.
"Still we have only lost three league games, our problem has been
drawing too many and we are aware of that.
"If we had won just three of those drawn matches things would be
very different."
Benítez is still hopeful of putting pressure on the top three in
the final weeks of the campaign and has asked for patience before
predictions are made.
"How near we finish to the top now will be interesting. We have
been criticised this season, but let us see where we are in three
or four weeks," he continued.
"We have important games and if we win them we will be a lot
closer. If we can beat Manchester United we will be closer to the
top, and that will give us more confidence.
"If we beat Everton after that then we will be closer still. Maybe,
maybe we can be closer if we do not talk too much about it.
"Do we have a point to prove? Maybe, but only if we can keep
winning three points."