Gerrard rejects semi-final talk

Steven Gerrard refused to look beyond the return leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash with PSV Eindhoven despite an emphatic 3-0 win in Holland.

Gerrard opened the scoring in the first half with a header before John Arne Riise and Peter Crouch completed a victory after the visitors dominated the game in the Philips Stadium.

However, the England midfielder dismissed the suggestion the Reds were already in the last four and would not consider the identity of their potential opponents.

Gerrard told ITV1: “I don’t think we’ll worry about that at the moment. We need to finish it off, there are still 90 minutes to play and [we will] worry about that [the semi-final] once we are there. We need to be professional.”

Team-mate Crouch admitted the scoreline was better than he imagined before the game, saying: “We came to not concede and get an away goal so it’s even better. To score three goals away in Europe is always good.

“I don’t know if it is about the rotation system but all the lads looked fresh out there tonight.

“It was great result away from home.”