Liverpool manager Brendon Rodgers has announced that he is preparing a charge which can hopefully see the club end the season with a top four finish.
The Liverpool boss was delighted with his sides crashing victory over Swansea on Sunday which has taken them up to seventh in the table and nine points off of fourth place Totenham. In their last five home games Liverpool have netted 17 goals and only conceded 2, this form along with the fact that Rodgers has said he will not let complacency infiltrate his squad could see Liverpool gearing up for a strong finish.
"I am an optimist, you have to be, but we'll not get too carried away," he said. "I've likened us to a marathon runner just getting ready for the finish line, ready to make our move, and then we trip ourselves up".
"That is something we have to change going forward for the remainder of the season and finish as strong as we can."
Liverpool however have been held back by some slip-ups coming in the form of a 2-0 loss to West Brom which ended a three successive home win streak. Another slip-up came in the Europa League in which they again lost 2-0 but this time to Zenit St Petersburg.
"It was an important three points," said Rodgers. "We've had a bumpy road in terms of games Monday and Thursday but the Premier League is very important for us and we knew we had to show focus and determination".
"I don't think you can take anything away from the Liverpool players but it (the final) was something Swansea were thinking about".
"It was a brilliant performance and it's a big applause to the players because their attitude was fantastic throughout the game".
"It was important for us today for a clean sheet, believe it or not even though we scored five goals and I think we had 35 shots".
"It was our main focus going into the game was about being defensively solid and compact against obviously a Swansea team and players that I know very well".
"So all round a fantastic performance and a good three points for us."
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