Gerrard looks to move straight on

Skipper Steven Gerrard and young team-mate Lucas have led the call for a vastly improved Liverpool display when they face Chelsea on Sunday in a key Barclays Premier League clash.

The Stamford Bridge showdown will be Liverpool’s first match since their dreadful Champions League display on Tuesday, when they lost 2-0 away to Fiorentina.

Over the next seven games, Liverpool face Chelsea and Manchester United in the league, Lyon twice in the Champions League, plus a Carling Cup date away to Arsenal.

So Liverpool’s players know they must get their form back on track quickly.

Gerrard said: “We need to get the defeat in Florence out of our system quickly, because we have a massive game now at Chelsea on Sunday.

“What we need is to produce a reaction from this defeat at Stamford Bridge, that has to be the aim now.”