Rafa Benitez claims that Arsenal and Chelsea are jealous
of Liverpool because the Champions League is the hardest trophy to
win.
In a ludicrous statement, Benitez claims that becoming European
champions is more difficult than winning the Premier League
title.
This obviously fails to explain why Benitez and other Reds
managers before him have found it so difficult to win the title
while twice reaching the Champions League final.
"How many teams have won the Champions League? That is a massive
trophy and it is more difficult to win than any other trophy,"
Benítez says in The Guardian.
"The Premier League is our target because we have won the
Champions League. If you ask Chelsea or Arsenal what they would
like to win most of all, I am sure they would say the Champions
League. After 18 years without the Premier League we want to win
it, but we have to be more consistent."
The Liverpool manager added: "I came here to improve things and
I still remember my first conversations about what we wanted to do
here. In three years' time the target was to be contenders, and in
three years we have won four trophies and played in seven finals.
So we have improved.
"We haven't been at the top level in the league for 15 years.
Before I came we hadn't won the Champions League for 21 years. We
are improving, but we cannot say it is enough."
Liverpool are currently 17 points behind leaders Arsenal, who
are of course seething with jealousy. 
