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 Posted: Wed 19:23, 04 Sep 2013 Post subject: Ukraine attacker Andriy Voronin |
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Jamie Carragher has urged his Liverpool team-mates to keep their
nerve as Rafa Benitez's side battle to stay in the title race.
Despite defeating Portsmouth 4-1 at Anfield at the weekend,
Liverpool travel to bottom club Derby County on Wednesday still ten
points adrift of leaders Arsenal in the table.
It is another must-win game for Benitez, who faces an even
trickier game at Sven-Goran Eriksson's Manchester City next
Sunday. With the midway point of the season looming, long-serving
defender Carragher remains confident Liverpool can claw back the
deficit, but the former England defender has warned there can be no
slip-ups.
"It does not really matter who the leaders are, as long as
we keep them in sight," said Carragher. "At the moment it
is Arsenal up there, so we just need to make sure that we keep hold
of them for now.
"I'm sure a time will come this season when they
start to find it difficult, especially with all the young players
they have in their side. There is no secret they are a great side,
but I'm sure they will be tested at some point. We just have to
make sure we are there to capitalise when it happens.
"I'm sure Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea will
keep winning, so it's up to us to prove we can stay with them.
It would be really exciting if it's a four-horse race with ten
games to go."
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Liverpool now play Derby, Manchester City and Wigan Athletic
in a week, games they must win if they are not to fall further
adrift of the leaders. "Christmas is always a crucial time of
the season," added Carragher.
"You can look at this period almost as a separate group
of games in that sense. From these three games we would always say
that seven points would be fine, but nine would be excellent. That
would make a massive difference heading into the new year,
hopefully we can them be [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] a lot close to Arsenal by then."
Benitez can be expected to shuffle his side for the trip to
Derby ahead of the tough away trip to fourth-placed City. Dutch
international Ryan Babel, Ukraine attacker Andriy Voronin, and
Brazilian pair Fabio Aurelio and Lucas are all in the running for a
starting berth. Youngster Jack Hobbs could also get a run-out in
defence, while Xabi Alonso could continue his comeback [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] from
injury.
Derby have won just one of their 18 league games since winning
promotion and look likely to make a sorry return to the second
tier. They are seven points adrift of safety despite a creditable
2-2 draw at Newcastle United on Sunday.
Striker Kenny Miller, who scored Derby's second goal against
Newcastle, believes that result can act as a springboard for the
rest of the season. "We stopped the rot and it is always
pleasing to come away with at least a point when you go to a place
like Newcastle," said the Scottish international.
"We are making progress. We know if [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] we do [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the right things
and cut out the mistakes then we have got a chance."
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