John Arne Riise has insisted that Liverpool will not give up on
their dream of winning The Premiership this season.
Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Arsenal left The Reds 11 points behind
champions Chelsea and 14 adrift of leaders Manchester United.
Liverpool's abysmal away form has left them with a mountain to
climb to get back into the race for the title, and Riise accepts
they have let themselves down on the road.
"I can not understand why we play so bad away from Anfield, I
really can't," the left back told Dagbladet.
"Against Arsenal on Sunday, Rafa was calm in the dressing room
after the match. he knew we knew that this was not good
enough."
Riise believes it is too early to write off Liverpool though,
pointing to their good run midway through last season as an example
of how they could come storming back.
"We never give up. Cowards give up," he rallied.
"Of course it will be hard to catch up with Manchester United, but
at one point last season we were 27 points behind Chelsea, and in
May we were only nine points behind."
Riise was left to argue with Steven Gerrard about who was at fault
for Arsenal's third goal at the weekend, as William Gallas stole in
unmarked to head home a corner.
However, Riise has played down the incident, and claimed that
neither he nor Gerrard was to blame for the goal.
He explained: "There was some frustration in the heat of the
moment, but some discussion is good. It shows we care.
"It was neither mine or Steven's fault that Gallas was unmarked. We
saw the episode on TV afterwards, and it was not our
responsibility."
