Aston Villa fullback Stephen Warnock admits they need to start picking up points.

Villa risk being sucked into the relegation zone.

And Warnock told liverpoolfc.tv: "It's very tight down there and I think that everyone is putting the runs together at the right time," said Warnock. "We've lost our last two. We had a little bit of a run before that where we picked up five points and that pushed us away from the relegation zone.

"But results went against us at the weekend and so we really need to pick up some points. So the Anfield game is a massive game for us. I think we need the result to push us out of the relegation zone and get us away from the bottom three."