Reds vow to fight on

LIVERPOOL’S stars insist that they will be back at Manchester United’s throats again in next season’s title race.

Defender Jamie Carragher, following his on-field bust-up with team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa, and goalkeeper Jose Reina, have led the defiant call. And Carragher reveals it was his frustration at poor defending that led to the pushing match with Arbeloa in Sunday’s 2-0 win at West Brom

He said: “It was just frustration, nothing more, it was over with quickly. We cannot win the league now but there are a number of targets we can aim for. We wanted to keep a clean sheet and we want Pepe Reina to have a chance of the Golden Glove for the third season running.

“Pepe is one behind (Edwin) Van der Sar now and there’s a chance Van der Sar won’t play next weekend for Manchester United, so we wanted to make sure Pepe got a clean sheet at West Brom, and again next week in our final match.”

Carragher admits he is already looking forward to making another title challenge next season.

He said: “It is hard to win the Premier League because our top four sides plus Barcelona probably make up the best five sides in Europe. That is the challenge we face.

“You can look at the statistics and it is impressive that we have only lost two games and scored lots of goals, but United have got more points than us and credit to them because that is what matters.”

Brazilian midfielder Lucas underlined the defiant mood at Anfield, saying: “We have showed that we have the quality to fight for the title and we will desperate to go one better and win it next season.”