Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard says he disagrees with James Milner over one of his comments after the draw with Chelsea.
The Reds were held to a goalless stalemate against Chelsea in their Premier League clash at Anfield on Saturday afternoon. It was the first time that Liverpool had kept a clean sheet in the top flight since the 1-0 win over West Ham on October 19.
Jurgen Klopp’s side are now without a win in their last three league fixtures which has seen them lose significant ground on the top four. After the final whistle against Chelsea, Liverpool are now nine points adrift of the Champions League spots, with the gap likely to increase as results follow over the weekend.
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After the draw with Chelsea, Milner said after the match that he felt the pitch may have made things slightly tougher for the Liverpool players.
“It was tough, two teams who aren’t obviously playing their best at this moment in time, that’s why you have to win that battle,” Milner told BT Sport.
“The pitch didn’t make it overly easy to play as much as we’d like but we could have made it easier for ourselves by maybe having an extra touch or moving a bit more.
“There wasn’t many options at times and again, that’s something we could work on.”
Milner added: "We always want to win our home games. I think the situation we’re in at the moment things don’t feel as easy as, everything feels a bit more difficult at the moment, but we’ve got to stick together and keep working hard.
"Pleasing to keep a clean sheet and that’s where we need to start our basis and get that base.
"You saw the fight out there from the boys and the chances to win it, they had chances to win it you know so that’s something we can tighten up on."
However, Gerrard says he disagrees with Milner’s verdict in the quality of the Anfield surface.
Gerrard also told BT Sport: “It looked perfect to me when I was walking on it before the game so I’ll have to disagree with that one.”
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