By Mighty Reds
April 10 2006

John Arne Riise insists that Liverpool will carry on with their aim for second until it is impossible for them to do so mathematically. Robbie Fowlers goal took them twelve points ahead of 4th place Spurs, Riise though sayd that the Reds are looking forward not behind but realises that it is out of their hands and all they can do is keep winning their games.

He said:

"We're still hoping for second place, but there's nothing we can do except win all our games and see where it takes us," said Riise.

"The first target is obviously to make sure we finish at least third, but then we're thinking of sneaking second. I know it's going to be tight against Manchester United with only a few games left, but we believe we can do it."

"Points-wise this has been much better than a year ago. You can see that from the fact we've got 70 points already.

"The first season I came here we got 80 points and finished second. Usually that would have been enough to win it. Now we've got a great chance to get as many as 82."

If Everton win their home game against Spurs would mean the Londoners would only be able to catch Liverpool on goal difference.
Riise says:

“If we win our games we're secure so we don't need any favours," insisted Riise.

"At the moment we're playing some good stuff and don't need to think about the results of those below us.

"As long as we keep winning we'll maintain some momentum and keep our confidence up, which we'll need going into the Chelsea semi-final. But the first priority is Blackburn away next weekend."

"The timing of the goal was important for us yesterday. I think it took something out of Bolton.

"It was a hard game but we got the points we deserved. In the second half we created the chances to kill it off. The game opened up more in the second half."


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