Liverpool's place as joint leaders of the Premiership should be answer enough to the critics who say the Reds are too defensive minded.

But the 26 year old insists Liverpool are not prepared to abandon their methods at the risk of sacrificing success, telling The Sun: "We will play our style and try to win the title in our own way.

"We are so obsessed with winning the league this season that it is almost dangerous.

"There is this feeling that we are better and more powerful than we have ever been under Rafa.

"We do not need to play super-elaborate football like Arsenal or Barcelona.

"I know that some people try to put us down and say that we are too defensive or not as attractive as other sides.

"But everything we have achieved this season disproves that nonsense.

"If Liverpool was such a defensive or sterile team as some people seem to claim then we would never have won as many matches as we have this season."