Source: PA
Improved defence key to Reds revival
Liverpool coach Steve Clarke believes work done on tightening up their defence has been rewarded in a season's-best run of four successive victories.
Clean sheets against Wolves, Fulham, Stoke and Chelsea have allowed the Reds to close the gap on the Champions League places to six points.
Liverpool have risen to sixth in the Barclays Premier League, their highest position of the campaign so far, and confidence and performances have improved hugely since Kenny Dalglish took over as manager a month ago and brought in Clarke to help on the training ground.
The former Chelsea assistant manager has been credited with having a significant influence on the team's defensive improvement and while it is an area on which he has focused, he does not want to be singled out for praise.
"Your success is always based on how you defend," he said. "If you defend well as a team and don't concede goals then you will always give yourself a chance to win the game.
"I know it sounds like an old cliche and it's really simple, but the basis of any good team is built on a strong defence. It has been good for us in the last few games not to have let any goals in. It's good for Pepe (Reina), it's good for the confidence of everybody and hopefully we can continue that."
