"I've only got 18 months left on my contract so I know that every game I play is important on a personal level as well as for the team," he said. "I don't want to go anywhere else but you have to be playing well to earn a new contract, and hopefully I can do that.
"With Euro 2004 coming up, I've got to be playing regularly for Liverpool. And I know that I have to perform otherwise someone else will come in and take my place.
"I heard the rumours about Cisse coming here, but I can't say that's affected me. We're always linked with various strikers, so all I can do is play my best and show what I can do.
"Confidence is so important in football. We've got three wins in a row now and we're moving in the right direction. The football we've played recently may not have been pretty, but it's been effective and got us results."
