Benitez calms 'Pool fervour after Euro win

LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez believes his side are more than capable of winning the Europa League but he will not allow his players to get ahead of themselves.

Last night's 3-0 win over Lille at Anfield put them into today's quarter-final draw in Nyon. Liverpool could be drawn against Fulham, Hamburg, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Standard Liege, Wolfsburg or Valencia.

The Reds will also find out their prospective semi-final opponents as well, mapping out their route to the final in Hamburg, but Benitez said they could not afford to look any further than Sunday's important Barclays Premier League clash at Manchester United.

"We have more confidence but we have to take things one game at a time," said the Spaniard, after captain Steven Gerrard's ninth-minute penalty and then Fernando Torres' 16th and 17th goals of the season – and his first in Europe since last April – put his side into the last eight.

"It was a really good performance. We could see the players working really hard together and it was a good night.

"The early goal was important because we knew we had to push forward from the beginning – and that goal gave us more time and confidence."