Riera: keep pressure on United

Last updated : 28 February 2009 By Al Campbell
The Reds must now forget about their Bernabeu win and concentrate on the league and keeping the pressure on Man Utd says Riera.

"After last week's 1-1 with City we were really disappointed - it was hard to sleep. But the next day we had to concentrate on Madrid. Now it's the same. We've played a really good game and one day we can tell our children about it, but we now have to forget about it and think about Middlesbrough," said the winger.

"It wasn't easy to do that on Thursday morning but it's the same after you lose a match. Yes, we are really happy but we know we still have a great opportunity in the Premier League this year.

"We have Manchester United soon in the league and before that we have two games in four days. These games are really important because Manchester United play just one game before playing us - we play two.

"These six points mean we can be nearer to them. Then if we win at Old Trafford they might be a bit nervous."