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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists his side can still finish in the Champions League places ahead of their match against Arsenal this weekend.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Brendan Rodgers, Liverpool manager (on facing Arsenal):

"In order for us to maximise how we've been working, we need to keep the ball better, we need to be technically better. That's a huge part of our game, but like you said, it's Arsenal's game. We'll go there tactically very clear on our idea of the game and like you say, we need to get something from the game, that's clear. But that was the same before we played the Manchester Untied game-Arsenal was a game we wanted to ensure we got at least a point from and that'll be the case at the weekend.

"These final eight games are going to be exciting games. And for us there is every possibility and chance to do that. We've made it difficult for ourselves because of our last performance and result, but it's certainly achievable. I think in the last eight games, you get the opportunity to finish the season very well. And over the course of the last three months, apart from the last game, we've performed in the main very well, but importantly alongside that we've got results. So I think people might look at it as a must-win game, but for me it's a must-perform game. We want to perform well and we know that when we do that we've got every chance of winning whether it's home or away."