Liverpool’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 insists that the club can finish in the top 4 this season after they won 2-3 at Upton Park against West Ham on Sunday night.
The skipper hopes that Liverpool can further close the four point gap between them and Everton before the year’s end, and is confident that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 can qualify for the Champions League after 3 years out of the competition.
Liverpool have been through some major changes ever since Rafael Benitez parted ways with the club. The Merseyside outfit have failed to finish in the top 4 since the 2009/2010 Premier League season, and have had to make do with football in the Europa League.
Kenny Dalglish’s appointment last season failed to reap the results many were expecting, with the Liverpool legend failing to take the club into the top 4 and only having won the Carling Cup with the club.
This season, Liverpool appointed Brendan Rodgers as manager, hoping to escape mid-table mediocrity. The former Swansea boss has brought his brand of attacking football to Anfield, though the results have taken some time to come forth.
The club struggled towards the start of the season, and had problems finding their rhythm and fluency. Now, Liverpool have managed a string of results, having won two successive games in the league and losing only once in the past 11.
The club is at 10th spot, with 22 points from 16 games. Captain Steven Gerrard believes that the club can finish in the top 4 and close the gap on rivals http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 if they keep their performances up. Everton only have a 4 point lead over the Reds,
and sit at 4th spot. Speaking to Liverpool’s official website, the player said:
“I’m really pleased with the lads. It was a fantastic performance. I think before the game people were doubting us and thinking we would be a bit toothless in the final third without our top striker. But we’ve gone away from home, scored three goals and
got the three points we came here for.”
“We’re building slowly towards where we want to be. We’ve got two home games now against Aston Villa and Fulham. If we can capitalise and make it 12 points out of 12 then we will find ourselves a lot closer to fourth.”
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