Steven Gerrard: Liverpool are genuine title contenders Captain Steven Gerrard says Liverpool are genuine contenders for the Premier League title after they beat Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford. Analysis Image of Phil McNulty Phil McNulty Chief football writer at Old Trafford If Liverpool needed to deliver a defining mission statement that they can stand alongside any of the challengers for the Premier League title on their own terms, they produced it most emphatically to humiliate Manchester United in their own self-styled Theatre Of Dreams. The secret is out - Liverpool can win title Gerrard scored two penalties, and could even afford to miss a third, before Luis Suarez rounded off the scoring. And the 33-year-old thinks the win indicates the Reds will be challengers. Weve showed that we are genuine contenders and we are going to fight to the end for this. We believe that we can win the league, Gerrard said. Liverpool have not won the league title since 1990, but are now only four points off leaders Chelsea, who were beaten by Aston Villa on Saturday, with a game in hand. Brendan Rodgerss side have also won eight of their past 10 league matches, and still have home games against favourites Manchester City and Chelsea on 13 April and 27 April to come. Play media Liverpool confidence high - Rodgers Gerrard felt Liverpool were completely dominant at Old Trafford as they won at the ground for the first time since their 4-1 success in March 2009. And the midfielder urged his team-mates to replicate the same level of performance in forthcoming matches. I have come here many times before and been played off the park, Gerrard said. They are a fantastic team and this is one of the most difficult places to come in the Premier League. Weve come here and dominated from start to finish, yet were still going away slightly disappointed that we didnt score more goals. Liverpools remaining games 22 March: Cardiff (away) 26 March: Sunderland (home) 30 March: Tottenham (home) 6 April: West Ham (away) 13 April: Man City (home) 20 April: Norwich (away) 27 April: Chelsea (home) 3 May: Crystal Palace (away) 10 May: Newcastle (home) We will enjoy this, but well need to move on quickly. The easiest thing in football is to talk the talk. We have to treat Cardiff and Sunderland the same as Manchester United. Liverpool manager Rodgers told BBC Sport: Our dominance in the match was clear. We had confidence and belief coming here that we could get a result. We could arguably have scored five or six and that is testament to the quality of the players. We wont get carried away. It is a wonderful result and our confidence is high at the moment but our only focus is on the next game. If we can continue to play at the same intensity, we will continue to win games.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 08:33:39 +0000
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