Steven Gerrard: We’ll Pay For Lost Points Later

STEVEN GERRARD has warned his team-mates they will eventually pay the price for dropping points at home.

Liverpool have suffered goalless draws at Anfield with Stoke CIty, Fulham and West Ham so far this season but still sit on top of the Premier League.

Their last two league games both finished in home stalemates and cost them the chance to open up clear daylight between themselves and Chelsea.

Liverpool still have a one-point lead following Monday’s West Ham game and Gerrard is enthused about the fact that the club is in the best position to strike for the title in his 10 years as a first team player.

But he said: “At the moment dropping points like we have been doing at home has not cost us anything. But that is not always going to be the case.

“We have got to get better, be more consistent and start killing teams off when we get the chance.

“But what we all hope is that as much success as we have had in the past, the UEFA Cup, Champions League and FA Cup successes, we have still got our best days to come.

“For me this is the best team we have had since I broke through. At the moment we are up there fighting but in this league, as soon as you take your eye off the ball or take anything for granted, you are brought back down to earth with a bump.”

Liverpool go to Blackburn Rovers tomorrow while Chelsea go to Bolton, with both games kicking off at 3pm.

With every point vital in the battle for Premier League supremacy, Gerrard has underlined the team’s desire to keep their points tally ticking over and stay out in front until the end of the campaign.

He says: “This is a hungry Liverpool, a determined Liverpool. In football you are remembered for what you win, not necessarily how you played.

“We want to be remembered as winners, not also-rans.

“In my 10 years in the first team, this is the first time that we have been where we are at this stage of the season with this opportunity.”

Meanwhile, Yossi Benayoun’s agent has confirmed that the player has no intention of moving on in the January transfer window.

The midfielder recently hinted in an interview with Israeli television that his lack of first team opportunities could leave him no option but to seek a new club.

But Benayoun has since insisted he is happy to stay and fight for his place, while agent Ronen Katsav dismissed stories linking the player with Spartak Moscow.

“I don't understand where they’re getting this from,” Katsav said.

“Yossi is happy at Liverpool, he played the full 90 minutes on Monday against West Ham.

“Benayoun wants to remain in the best league in the world with Liverpool, to continue to battle for the title, which this year the club is closer than ever to winning.”