Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said after the win over Manchester United yesterday that he has never told his players not to discuss the possibility of Liverpool winning the Premiership title.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard whose to penalties helped Liverpool to down the Red Devils by a score of 0-3 thinks that Liverpool must now be thought of as true title contenders together with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City.
Rodgers has always played down the possibility of the Reds winning the Premiership always saying that Liverpool’s priority this season has been to achieve a top-four finish and Champions League football next season.
“I’ve not banned it (talk of the title). We have better things to talk about,” he said after the win over United.
“It is about improving and getting better. I don’t lose sleep over it.
“We are up there on merit so of course we have an opportunity.
“I didn’t say [we have] no chance. If you think we have a chance then write it.
“I try to not expect so much and let the players do the talking. We try to remain dignified in our work and our players are doing all the talking.
“We will focus on the next game against Cardiff. I think other teams will drop points – we may well drop points, we may not – but I can only look at our next game and I’ve done that since I walked through the door and I’m not going to change.”
Captain Steven Gerrard was more upbeat after the win.
“We’ve showed that we are genuine contenders and we are going to fight to the end for this,” he told Sky Sports.
“We believe it but I’ve said many times that in football the easiest thing to do is talk the talk.
“We’ve got to go and treat Cardiff like Manchester United and we’ve got to treat Sunderland like Manchester United.
“If we do we will win a lot of games until the end of the season. The rest of the teams around us have to believe we’re going for it.”
