Gerrard admits title frustration
Steven Gerrard admits being frustrated over Liverpool's failure to win a Premier League title
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Tuesday, 08, Dec 2009 01:36
By Alistair Potter.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits this season has been "frustrating", given the Reds' inability to challenge for the Premier League title.
Having already lost five games in the league this year - just one short of their total number of defeats in the two previous seasons put together - Liverpool are languishing in seventh, 12 points behind leaders Chelsea.
And Gerrard, who has League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League winners' medals, is desperate to add a domestic title to his trophy cabinet.
"It is frustrating to be where we are in the league now because this was meant to be the year where we were going to be right up there all the way through," said the Reds skipper, who led the team to second place behind Manchester United last year.
"It is important for us to try and get back up to the top of the table.
"I will continue to fight for the Premier League from now until I stop playing. Hopefully I can add it to my collection because it would round a fantastic career off."
Gerrard, 29, admitted time is running out for him to guide his boyhood club to domestic success and said he hopes to do so before he is forced to hand the captain's armband on to someone else.
"It would be extra special if I could do it as captain in the next couple of years," he continued.
"I am not sure how long I am going to be captain for - probably another two or three years.
"If not as captain, then hopefully I can still lift it as a Liverpool player."
In July, Gerrard committed himself to the club until 2013 but hinted it could be his last contract as a player and he would retire when it expires at the age of 33.