Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard found himself chasing a hat-trick today at Upton Park as he netted twice for the Reds with Ryan Babel putting the game to bed with a late third.
Gerrard sported a never-say-die attitude as he addressed the press post-match, making it known that Liverpool will fight until the bitter end.
"We've got to keep going," began the skipper.
"We've got to do our job, and that's to win all of our remaining games.
"We're happy with the result. Happy with the clean sheet, and hopefully the pressure's on United now. If they win their games, then fair play, they deserve it, but we have to keep the pressure on.
"When you come to places like West Ham - teams that play well and have a good manager - it's important that you start well. That's what we done.
"Looking at the whole game, I think we deserved the win."
A rare occurrence was seen today as Gerrard failed to score from the penalty spot, but he managed to put away the resulting rebound that came from Robert Green's save.
"I don't like blaming other people for my errors, but Jamie Carragher said to me this morning 'You're due a penalty miss, aren't ya?', so he's getting the blame, he jinxed me!" laughed the captain.
Liverpool's number 8 also went on to hail the sense of brotherhood and drive felt in the Liverpool squad.
"[The win] shows we're a good team. It shows we've got a good togetherness and that we've got a winning mentality," Gerrard went on.
"We've got good players and we deserve to be top of the league at the moment."
Manchester United have two games in hand over Liverpool, with both teams tied at the top and 'Pool narrowly ahead on goal difference. However, Gerrard, along with the rest of the Liverpool squad, will be hoping that the Manchester derby will cause a hiccup for United.
"They've got a tough game. Man City have come into a bit of form and derby matches are never easy," continued Gerrard.
"We wait and we hope that Man City can do us a favour, but the important thing is that we do our job."
Thinking productively, Gerrard first rued missed opportunities before turning on a more optimistic tone when speaking of the club's future.
"It would be nice [if we still had the upper hand in the league], but we only have ourselves to blame for not winning football matches that we should have won," he said.
"We've drawn too many games at home this season and it's been frustrating, but you still have to give us credit. We've done so well to be in the title race.
"In a club like Liverpool it's important to win trophies, and second place doesn't bring anything - but it does show progression.
"We learn from this season, fix what we did wrong this season and get it right next season."
Gerrard sported a never-say-die attitude as he addressed the press post-match, making it known that Liverpool will fight until the bitter end.
"We've got to keep going," began the skipper.
"We've got to do our job, and that's to win all of our remaining games.
"We're happy with the result. Happy with the clean sheet, and hopefully the pressure's on United now. If they win their games, then fair play, they deserve it, but we have to keep the pressure on.
"When you come to places like West Ham - teams that play well and have a good manager - it's important that you start well. That's what we done.
"Looking at the whole game, I think we deserved the win."
A rare occurrence was seen today as Gerrard failed to score from the penalty spot, but he managed to put away the resulting rebound that came from Robert Green's save.
"I don't like blaming other people for my errors, but Jamie Carragher said to me this morning 'You're due a penalty miss, aren't ya?', so he's getting the blame, he jinxed me!" laughed the captain.
Liverpool's number 8 also went on to hail the sense of brotherhood and drive felt in the Liverpool squad.
"[The win] shows we're a good team. It shows we've got a good togetherness and that we've got a winning mentality," Gerrard went on.
"We've got good players and we deserve to be top of the league at the moment."
Manchester United have two games in hand over Liverpool, with both teams tied at the top and 'Pool narrowly ahead on goal difference. However, Gerrard, along with the rest of the Liverpool squad, will be hoping that the Manchester derby will cause a hiccup for United.
"They've got a tough game. Man City have come into a bit of form and derby matches are never easy," continued Gerrard.
"We wait and we hope that Man City can do us a favour, but the important thing is that we do our job."
Thinking productively, Gerrard first rued missed opportunities before turning on a more optimistic tone when speaking of the club's future.
"It would be nice [if we still had the upper hand in the league], but we only have ourselves to blame for not winning football matches that we should have won," he said.
"We've drawn too many games at home this season and it's been frustrating, but you still have to give us credit. We've done so well to be in the title race.
"In a club like Liverpool it's important to win trophies, and second place doesn't bring anything - but it does show progression.
"We learn from this season, fix what we did wrong this season and get it right next season."
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