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Gerrard confident Liverpool can be Champions League regulars

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is convinced they're on the brink of being a Champions League regular.

The Reds are back in the competition this week for the first time in five years.

Gerrard told the Daily Mail: "When you are consistently getting to the latter stages and popping up in finals, it was such an unbelievable achievement. But I've got confidence that might not be too far away, if the owners continue to back (manager) Brendan Rodgers as they have done.

"I've got a lot of confidence in Brendan and in the squad. Listen, I'll put it another way. If we go out in the group stages, or the last 16, we will be majorly, majorly disappointed. We want to progress. We want to go as far as we can. This can't be a one-off. This can't be, 'Isn't it great where we are?'

"This isn't a reward for finishing second last year. I don't see it as a reward. This is where Liverpool should be - and should be consistently. It's the responsibility of myself and the players to give it our best crack. It is important that we have got the Champions League next year as well.

"The players who haven't sampled this and then get a taste of it - once they have had that taste I know they are going to love it. Hopefully, it will drive them on to want to keep it at Liverpool for a long time to come."

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