PEPE REINA is the man with the golden gloves - for the third successive season. The Spanish stopper has again clocked up more clean sheets than any other Premier League keeper, providing yet more evidence to back up claims from his manager and team mates that he is one of the very best around. Though justifiably proud of his personal achievements, Reina insists his thirst for success will not be quenched until the Liverpool team gets back to trophy winning ways. The 25-year-old firmly believes it is only a matter of a time before that happens and is expecting a proper challenge for the Premier League title next season, with several players becoming more effective operators thanks to their growing experience of football in this country. But he also feels Liverpool will need to recruit more players of the calibre of recent signings Fernando Torres and Javier Mascherano if their title dreams are to be realised. "We are growing up as a team, year in and year out," he said. "We need to keep improving all the time because if you do that it gives you an even better chance of winning trophies. "But we also need to bring in some more good players like Torres and Mascherano. "The most important thing is to keep on making progress so that we can get closer and closer to the sides at the top. "We will work hard to make this happen though and I am sure the manager is already thinking of bringing in some players to help us to do that. "It is a collective thing. There is no point in three or four players doing well if we do not all do well. "You win as a team and you lose as a team, so it is all about making progress as a team. "We are still a young side – we have a couple of centre backs in their early 20s, Mascherano is 23 and Torres is 24 – we can only get better and better."
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