"We have had our struggles throughout. We started really well in terms of results, games were really close, then we had a phase of the season where games were still really close but we were constantly unlucky, now we have been seven or eight games in a row unbeaten but if you say this you feel like, 'they are flying through the league,' but that is not what we are doing."
"Every single game we play it's hard work, it's two teams quite close to each other. We are mainly the team that is probably better than the other team but not enough. We are constantly within this 20 percent difference and if you are inside this 20 percent difference then going to the floor or not means a lot for the results."
Liverpool sit fourth in the Premier League after an eighth-game unbeaten run that included a goalless draw with Leeds at Anfield. The club is six points behind third-place Aston Villa and 12 points behind leaders Arsenal. The season has been marked by narrow margins, phases of bad luck, and periods of close results despite a strong start. There was audible frustration in the stadium as Liverpool failed to exert sustained pressure against Leeds. Matches have felt like constant battles where small differences determine outcomes. Coaching staff and players intend to keep pushing to widen an estimated 20 percent performance gap and produce more decisive results.
Read at ESPN.com
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