“Don’t overthink it, just enjoy it, believe in yourselves. I’ve been in touch with a few of them but it’s more, ‘Good luck’, ‘All the best’, ‘Keep going’. Encouragement,” the legendary former Reds captain and current Rangers manager told The Times.
Jürgen Klopp’s team sit one point behind Manchester City with nine games remaining after Pep Guardiola’s side assumed top spot last weekend.
Such is the relentlessness of their ongoing competition with City, it’s possible that Liverpool could end the campaign without being champions despite having amassed a total of up to 97 points.
And that fact, Gerrard asserts, proves that significant progress has been made this term, regardless of where the Premier League trophy ends up.