Fabio Aurelio is convinced Liverpool can take the title race to the wire after the Reds closed the gap at the top with an emphatic 3-0 rout of Newcastle United on Sunday.
Goals from Yossi Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt and substitute Lucas Leiva moved Rafael Benitez's side to within three points of Manchester United and the Brazilian is hopeful the Reds can now finish the season with a flourish and pile more pressure on the leaders.
"We know that Manchester United still have a game in hand, so our ambition is to finish well in our last three games and after that we will see where we end up," he told Liverpoolfc.tv.
"The next game at West Ham is really important. If we win we can go top again, so we need to keep the pressure on ahead of their match with Man City.
"They still have a couple of difficult games left so let's see what happens and try and take it to the final game of the season."
The Reds went into the clash with Alan Shearer's men knowing anything less than victory would all-but end their title hopes following Man United's 2-0 win at Middlesbrough on Saturday.
However, once Benayoun opened the scoring on 22 minutes, the result was never in doubt and Aurelio admits the hosts should have gone on to score more goals in what proved to be a one-sided encounter.
"It was a very important game for us," he said. "We know that Newcastle are in a very difficult position and we knew they would come here and fight right until the end.
"But I think we controlled the game and once we scored we began to dominate more and more.
"In the end we could have scored more goals. We hit the crossbar three times and created a lot of chances.
"We know that if Manchester United do make a mistake, goal difference could be important. At the start of the match our priority was to win the game, but we also knew that if we could score more goals it would be even better.
"Maybe we should be a bit disappointed because we should have scored more than three goals after creating so many chances, but the main thing is that we are three points closer and can now build on a good performance and an important result."
"We know that Manchester United still have a game in hand, so our ambition is to finish well in our last three games and after that we will see where we end up," he told Liverpoolfc.tv.
"The next game at West Ham is really important. If we win we can go top again, so we need to keep the pressure on ahead of their match with Man City.
"They still have a couple of difficult games left so let's see what happens and try and take it to the final game of the season."
The Reds went into the clash with Alan Shearer's men knowing anything less than victory would all-but end their title hopes following Man United's 2-0 win at Middlesbrough on Saturday.
However, once Benayoun opened the scoring on 22 minutes, the result was never in doubt and Aurelio admits the hosts should have gone on to score more goals in what proved to be a one-sided encounter.
"It was a very important game for us," he said. "We know that Newcastle are in a very difficult position and we knew they would come here and fight right until the end.
"But I think we controlled the game and once we scored we began to dominate more and more.
"In the end we could have scored more goals. We hit the crossbar three times and created a lot of chances.
"We know that if Manchester United do make a mistake, goal difference could be important. At the start of the match our priority was to win the game, but we also knew that if we could score more goals it would be even better.
"Maybe we should be a bit disappointed because we should have scored more than three goals after creating so many chances, but the main thing is that we are three points closer and can now build on a good performance and an important result."
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