Rafa cautious over title bid

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Sunday's 4-0 home victory over Bolton was the Reds' fifth win in a row and brought their goal tally to 21 in that spell.

But Benitez said: "We must see whether our rivals make mistakes. Then we will look at the situation again at the end of January before we start talking about titles."

Despite a brave first-half display from Bolton in which they would have been level had Nicolas Anelka scored a sitter, Liverpool won with goals from Sami Hyypia, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Babel.

"We were not fantastic, but it was still a good performance," said Benitez. "We scored four and it could have been more. You must be pleased with a performance like that.

"The last three years we were too far behind at this stage. Now we are closer, we have a better squad and confidence. We must keep going.

"We have a lot of games now in December and January. We must keep everyone focused and concentrating. If we do not make mistakes, then we will be closer.

"I have confidence for the second part of the season. We have players doing well and improving.

"But we have five people injured now - Daniel Agger, Steve Finnan, Xabi Alonso, Jermaine Pennant and Fabio Aurelio. When we get all these players fit, we can play better with more options and quality."