Fulham game gives Gerrard title hope

Fulham came to Anfield on Saturday with a ten man defence lined up in front of goalkeeper Antti Niemi and made if difficult for Liverpool to break them down. The Reds did grind them down however and got the three points to the delight of Steven Gerrard.

"These are the wins that get you in the title race. A lot of people talk about when the big teams go head to head but the title has been won many times before by teams grinding results out like this," said the captain.

"You look at Chelsea's two title wins in recent years, they haven't always played well against teams like this but they win 1-0.

"So that's what we've got to get into the habit of, when we're not playing to our maximum or to our level, we've got to get three points."