Reds have no fear

Last updated : 11 April 2014 By Kevin Smith

The Liverpool boss insists that the club psychiatrist Steve Peters will continue to work with individual players, but nothing changes as they seek to win the Premier League.

"Steve just works with individuals," he said. "There's no change and no need to change. It's just about reinforcing things now, we don't need to do anything different. It's just a case of retaining the focus.

"The players are enjoying their work. I've seen the intensity and tempo keep going up a notch and that's because of excitement. There's certainly no fear."

"We have a great professional team behind the team here. As a manager you only know 90%, you can't know everything, and it's very important you have the team around you to fill those gaps.

"Every club I've been at I've always worked with a neurologist or sports psychologist. Coming to Liverpool it was important we got in the best.

"When I first met Steve he was not sure about football because he'd always been kept at arm's length and the experiences he'd had in football very briefly were not very good. We asked him to come and it's worked extremely well.

"He and I have a very close relationship in terms of the importance of the role."