Liverpool veteran James Miler says the returns of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Joe Gomez will help the club in their title bid.

The Reds are two points on top of the table ahead of Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

Milner hopes the injection of two talented players returning from injury can spur them on over the remaining seven games.

"I think it's important that we have everyone available. That's why you need a squad when you have these sorts of injuries and stuff," Milner told the club's website.

"Ox has obviously been out a long time and was playing fantastically well before he got injured, Joe the same. He's been brilliant when he's played this season and formed a great partnership with Virgil.

"And all credit to Joel [for] coming and stepping in when he's had his own injury problems - he stepped in straight away like he'd never been away - and obviously Dejan is coming back and things like that.

"So it's important with the amount of games you've got and the intensity of the run-in that we have the squad, and everyone's going to have a big impact on the end of the season even if they're not out on the field - just in training keeping that intensity and pushing people for their starting places.

"I think the more difficult it is for the manager to pick a team, the better it is for the team to achieve what we want to achieve."