Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Gerrard Demands More

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has issued a rallying cry to his team-mates to stamp out poor form in next season's Premier League campaign.

Since the turn of the year the Reds have won just four and lost 10 of 17 league games, picking up 15 from a possible 51 points.

Kenny Dalglish's side host Chelsea on Tuesday facing the real prospect of finishing outside the top eight.

Liverpool's league capitulation is evident considering just two months ago had they beaten Arsenal at home, not lost in injury-time, they would have moved within four points of the Gunners with a game in hand.

Instead they sit a massive 18 points behind Arsene Wenger's side with Champions League qualification well out of reach.

"We need to dust ourselves down and we need to respond to the challenge next year," Gerrard said.

"We've been fantastic in the cup competitions this year and the players deserve a lot of credit for that.

"We haven't been good enough in the league this year and we deserve criticism and we need to take criticism like men.

"We need to do better. We're Liverpool Football Club; we're not seventh or eighth in the league. We're better than that."

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