Liverpool must find consistency, warns Gerrard

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard accepts the squad have under-performed in the Premier League this season and knows only a consistent winning run can avoid them “finishing where they don’t want to be”.

Despite the obvious lift their 3-0 victory over Everton — courtesy of a Gerrard hat-trick — will give the Reds, they remain 10 points adrift of Champions League qualification.

That was highlighted as the minimum requirement by principal owner John Henry at the start of the season but with a first trophy in six years back at Anfield, there may yet be some leeway.