Rafa accepts he must bring his European heroes back down to earth to maintain their place in the top four of the Barclays Premiership.

Sunday lunchtime's away trip to Aston Villa will be their first match since the triumph over Barcelona that put them into the Champions League quarter-finals on March 6.

The praise since then has been constant, but boss Benitez knows that with Arsenal closing on them and Bolton just six points behind in fifth spot, Liverpool must concentrate on the bread and butter of the league ahead of their next European clash with PSV Eindhoven in three weeks.