Source: SKY_Sports
Gerrard goes on the attack
Steven Gerrard insists Liverpool will not play a defensive game when they welcome Real Madrid to Anfield on Tuesday night.
The Spanish giants arrive on Merseyside for a UEFA Champions League last 16 clash looking to overturn a one goal deficit, after Yossi Benayoun silenced the Bernabeu faithful in the first leg.
Madrid have seen their season resurrected under Juande Ramos after a difficult first half of the campaign but an assured Liverpool display in the Spanish capital puts them in control of the tie.
Gerrard made only a cameo appearance off the bench in Spain but will lead Liverpool out on Tuesday having fully recovered from a hamstring injury.
The temptation will be for Liverpool to sit on their lead and rely on a tight defensive rearguard but Gerrard believes Rafa Benitez, on the contrary, will set his side up to finish the tie off early.
"I think the next goal in the tie is massive," he told the club's official website.
"If Madrid get it then it's game on, and that's exactly what we don't want to happen.
"We want to make sure we get it and try to kill the game off."
Liverpool's recent record in Europe suggests they have nothing to fear going into the game and having seen off the likes of Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Chelsea and Arsenal in recent years, Gerrard is eager to add the name of Real Madrid to a rich roll call.
"We've knocked out all of the best sides over the last few years and we have to make sure we do the same to Real Madrid. I'm sure they're more worried about the tie than us because they know how good we are in Europe.
"When it comes to Europe we've got to be confident. Defensively and tactically we are spot on and we've got match winners in our side, so there is no reason why we shouldn't be confident on Tuesday night.
"We have to be ready to perform to the same level, if not better, at Anfield."
