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Gerrard focuses on United

28 Feb 2007 - 16:15:54

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has urged his team-mates to secure a pre-Barcelona boost by beating bitter rivals Manchester United in Saturday's meeting of the Premiership heavyweights at Anfield.

The Reds will bid to dent United's title ambitions in Saturday's early kick-off just three days before they return to Champions League action against Barcelona.

Gerrard believes a Premiership victory over the league leaders will be the ideal preparation for Tuesday's showdown against the reigning European champions, with Liverpool in the box seat to reach the quarter-finals after winning 2-1 in the Camp Nou last week.

"If we can give a big performance and get the right result then it will give us all a big confidence booster for the Barcelona game," he said.

"It's just a pity there's not as much riding on this game in terms of a Liverpool title challenge as we'd have hoped.

"We have to look at the silly points we dropped earlier in the season as a reason for that. That's why the gap is quite big. All we can do is keep going.

"We've got a massive week coming up, with United and Barcelona both coming to Anfield, but we need to take them one at a time.

"We'll never get a result against a side like United unless we're 100 per cent focused on it. It's an exciting week for us to prepare for but the important thing is getting the right results."