Liverpool skipper Gerrard: I'll take Carling Cup over top four

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard says he'd put winning the Carling Cup ahead of finishing in the top four.

With the Reds skipper entering the last few years of his career, he admits it is his medal haul that he will look back on when he hangs up his boots.

"As a player I don't want to be saying I finished in the top four, four or five times. I want to look back and say I won the Carling Cup three times. Or four. Or five," said Gerrard.

"Our targets (at the start of the season) were to get into the top four and go on two long runs in the cup and it's still possible. Why change? Why are people crying out for change?"

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