LONDON (AFP) – Liverpool will head into their Champions League quarter-final with Chelsea this week buoyed by a belief that everything is falling into place for them as the season approaches its climax.

A frustrating afternoon against Fulham on Saturday could easily have ended in a goalless stalemate. But Yossi Benayoun's 92nd-minute winner ensured the Reds kept the pressure on Manchester United in the Premier League title race.
As manager Rafael Benitez acknowledged, it was exactly the kind of break that can make a huge difference come the end of the season.
“Hopefully it will be the most important goal of the season if we can win the title,” the Spaniard said. “We were working so hard and playing, we knew we had a chance to win.
“To get that win is good for the supporters, but for me the main thing is the belief of the players. We knew it would be difficult, but still we are winning and we will see where we go because we have a lot of confidence now.
“We hope we can keep the fans happy until the end, that will be the important. We have to enjoy this but there are still a lot of games to come.”
The fixture with Chelsea allows Liverpool to temporarily take their minds away from domestic events although it is an English title that the club's supporters crave most of all.
Having struck the woodwork four times in the first half, Liverpool's efforts had appeared destined to go unrewarded.
“Normally I am calm when we score,” Benitez said. “But it was a very important goal at a crucial time, and because we had so many chances we were thinking it was a pity to leave two points.
“Now we must concentrate and believe. We will take the title one game at a time now. The winning mentality is not to say things, it is to do things. So we are doing things.
“We keep the players believing they can score until the last minute.”
The significance of the win over Fulham was underlined by the fact that Roy Hodgson's side have beaten Arsenal and Manchester United and drawn with Chelsea at home this season.
For a large part of Saturday's match it looked as though Fulham would produce another impressive result against one of the big four.
But when Ryan Babel moved forward in the 92nd minute, Brede Hangeland tackled Steven Gerrard on the edge on the area and the ball squirmed towards Benayoun, who had been left on the bench initially because of a slight hamstring problem, to strike home.
“It was a great strike from Benayoun, but a blow to us after a battling performance,” said Hodgson. “We thought we were going to get a point against an in-form team who have been scoring a lot of goals.
“Our problem is that we don't have the strength on the bench that teams like Liverpool do. When you can bring on players like (Ryan) Babel and Benayoun it is a great advantage. Benayoun's goal was a bit fortunate but he took it very well.”
Despite his winner, Benayoun is likely to be back on the bench for the Anfield first leg against Chelsea on Wednesday. “We had to protect him, he is not 100 percent fit,” said Benitez.