Skipper Steven Gerrard has brushed off the club’s recent poor form by insisting the current Liverpool side is the best he has played in.

Liverpool are still smarting after Monday’s 0-0 home draw with West Ham, which ended with them being booed off by the Anfield crowd despite taking over at the top of the Barclays Premier League.

That one point was enough to overtake Chelsea, but the frustrating draw with the Hammers followed previous lapses at home against supposedly lesser sides Stoke and Fulham, who also achieved goalless draws.

Now Gerrard hopes he can lead Liverpool to a vital victory at Blackburn on Saturday to maintain their slender grip on top spot.

He says: "At the moment dropping points like we have been doing at home has not cost us anything. But that is not always going to be the case."

But Gerrard is confident the current side can maintain a genuine title chase for the rest of the campaign.

He says: "This is a hungry Liverpool, a determined Liverpool. In football you are remembered for what you win, not necessarily how you played.

"We want to be remembered as winners, not also-rans.

"In my 10 years in the first team, this is the first time that we have been where we are at this stage of the season with this opportunity.

"We have got to get better, be more consistent and start killing teams off when we get the chance.