Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard refuses to write off their top four chances.

With Liverpool seven points behind West Ham in fourth place, Champions League qualification appears a tall order for this team.

Gerrard told the Daily Mail: "It's a tough question and it's going to be tough to do it. We knew it was going to be tough the moment we lost Luis and the injuries we've had to Daniel of late. Everyone in the country knows the job to get in the top four becomes that awful lot harder. But we'll keep fighting until the end and if people are going to write us off, we can't control it.

"I tell players individually and I tell them in the dressing room. But if you're sitting in that dressing room and you don't know that the performance levels haven't been good enough of late, you're at the wrong place.

"All I can control is what goes on in the dressing room and try to help other players to perform well. But certainly, on the performance against Bournemouth, there's still a chance."