Benitez wary of title talk

31 januari 2007, 08:20 Bijgewerkt: 12:21

Koen Freriks

Rafael Benitez is cautious about Liverpool's chances of breaking into the top two of the Barclays Premiership - despite victory at West Ham taking them within two points of Chelsea.

Dirk Kuyt and Peter Crouch scored the goals at Upton Park and the visitors survived a late comeback after Kepa Blanco pulled one back two minutes after coming off the bench for his debut.

Benitez's side are now within sight of Jose Mourinho's men but the Reds' boss is refusing to get carried away, saying: "I would prefer to be under this pressure. We can't think every week about this, if we can think about the next game we will see where we are."