Defender Jamie Carragher has cut short Liverpool’s post Inter Milan celebrations to warn his team mates against losing focus in the Premiership.
Tuesday’s Champions League defeat of Italy’s top side was the highlight of a largely disappointing season for Rafa Benitez’s side.
Carragher wants the performance to be a springboard to a top four finish in the Premiership. He has told Liverpool players not to lose focus in the run up to the return match at the San Siro stadium next month and has demanded total concentration in tomorrow’s home match against Middlesbrough.
"We realise that we've now got three or four league games before the second leg in Milan and we're going to have to make sure that we are in this competition next season,” he said. "There's something about us when we play in Europe but we've got a job to do in the Premiership and we have to make sure we don't lose sight of that.
"I thought Inter defended brilliantly at times but in the end we got a couple of goals. If someone had offered us that before the game we would have been delighted but I'm still expecting a really difficult game when we go over there."
Tuesday’s Champions League defeat of Italy’s top side was the highlight of a largely disappointing season for Rafa Benitez’s side.
Carragher wants the performance to be a springboard to a top four finish in the Premiership. He has told Liverpool players not to lose focus in the run up to the return match at the San Siro stadium next month and has demanded total concentration in tomorrow’s home match against Middlesbrough.
"We realise that we've now got three or four league games before the second leg in Milan and we're going to have to make sure that we are in this competition next season,” he said. "There's something about us when we play in Europe but we've got a job to do in the Premiership and we have to make sure we don't lose sight of that.
"I thought Inter defended brilliantly at times but in the end we got a couple of goals. If someone had offered us that before the game we would have been delighted but I'm still expecting a really difficult game when we go over there."
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