The Reds are second, nine points clear of West Ham in fifth, who have four games left to play and a significantly worse goal-difference.
That means a win at Villa Park today, in a game which Ole is viewing as the first ‘step’ in an energy-sapping five days, would probably be enough to achieve that particular goal, and the Norwegian sees no reason why we can’t beat Villa, even if the West Midlanders have impressed him this season.
But first, the boss offered a few words on the current season’s European campaign…
You’re in the final of the Europa League, but as Nemanja [Matic] and Harry [Maguire] both said to us after the game, now you’ve got to go and win it…
“When you play football, you don’t have to have the feeling we have to. We feel that we can, and if we do the right things we will be OK. If we get a good performance, that’s all we have to focus on. If you go into the game with the mindset of ‘I have to do this, I have to win…’ no. Focus on our jobs, on our roles, on our responsibilities as a team and, more often than not, you’ll get a good result.”
