Jamie Carragher: Liverpool are showing qualities needed to win title

Oct 13 2008 by Ian Doyle, Liverpool Daily Post

Jamie Carragher

JAMIE CARRAGHER believes Liverpool are showing the winning mentality needed to become genuine championship contenders.

The Anfield outfit are joint leaders of the Premier League alongside Chelsea, having taken 17 points from a possible 21.

Rafael Benitez’s side went into this week’s international break on the back of a remarkable 3-2 win at Manchester City.

And Carragher is convinced the manner in which Liverpool fought back from 2-0 down at half-time to secure victory in injury time underlines their hunger to give themselves a chance of ending a title drought that stretches back to 1990.

“We scored the winning goal after Martin Skrtel went off and it was 10 v 10,” said the vice-captain. “We had no centre-back, it was just me.

“We could easily have dropped Xabi Alonso back but a few lads said, ‘No, we’ll keep men forward and go for it.’ We’re aware, now, you’ve got to go for wins in this league. Draws kill you.

“People should stop saying we’ve made a great start, though. I’m thinking, ‘We’ve only played seven games and we’re Liverpool. Shouldn’t we be up there? Am I missing something?’ We’re not Hull.

“If we’re still up there in March we can talk about it, until then focus on doing our best in every game. Actions speak louder than words.”