Houllier ready to fight for fourth

Last updated : 10 February 2004 By Chris Maxwell
The Reds currently lie two points adrift of fourth-placed Newcastle United in nsixth position, but Houllier has bullishly claimed that his players will reach the points target they need to seal a place in the Champions League.

Houllier said: "There are 14 games left to play and we must keep going. We know the number of points we'll need to finish fourth and we will reach that total.

"Our football over recent games has been good. The performances at home against Newcastle and Everton pleased me greatly. The fluency of our football was good and we created many chances.

"We also played well at Bolton on Saturday and got a good draw. We probably just need more goals know. I would settle for creating less chances than we have been doing and scoring more goals."