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Rodgers closing in on ''ultimate goal''

21-04-2014
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Brendan Rodgers revealed he had used the words of Margaret Aspinall to try and inspire his title-chasing Liverpool players to victory against Norwich City on Sunday.

The Merseysiders moved five points clear at the top of the table thanks to a 3-2 win at Carrow Road and are now just three games away from landing a first domestic title in 24 years.

Raheem Sterling scored twice and Luis Suarez broke the 30-goal barrier to heap the pressure on the relegation-threatened Canaries and secure Liverpool a place in next season's Champions League.

The win rounded off an emotional week in which the club commemorated the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster 25 years ago and Rodgers said the words of Aspinall, chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, had been used as a motivational force.

"We were at the memorial service this week, there was hope for the families there as well," he said.

"I used some words of Margaret Aspinall, we put them up on the wall [in the dressing room], she talked about stress and how it can prove difficult for you, but it can also offer you great determination to fight, and that is what we gave the players today.

"This is all one club at this moment in time and we are all fighting to achieve the ultimate goal."

Liverpool next face Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday, before a visit to Crystal Palace and a last-day meeting against Newcastle at home.

Rodgers added: "You never get too carried away when you win, and you never get too disappointed when you lose.

"You can't win every game, but dealing with the expectancy is all part of being at a huge club like Liverpool.

"All I know is my players give me everything and I cannot ask for any more. For me, that is what is important."

Liverpool are currently priced 1.16 in the Premier League title outright betting.

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