Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher claims that Chelsea are
in their sights after beating them at Anfield on
Saturday.
He is playing down fans' hysteria that they might be in the title
race when they are 11 points behind leaders Manchester United, but
he says that they are now in a three-way battle for second.
Chelsea are now closer to third-placed Liverpool than United and
Carragher tells the Liverpool Echo: "We've had a good weekend, but
there's no point putting any pressure on ourselves.
"The target now is to catch Chelsea. That's what Saturday's result
has done for us. "We've given ourselves a chance of doing that, and
if we can push ourselves into second, then we can have a look where
we are. "We've done well over the last few months and all the press
coverage has been talking about Manchester United and Chelsea
rather than us.
"It's nice that some people are talking about us as well now, but
sometimes it's better when you can just quietly go on a run like we
have. "Everyone was asking whether Arsenal beating Manchester
United was good for us, but for me we've still got to think it's
Arsenal and Chelsea we're closest to and think we're in a battle
for second at the moment."