Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard believes his side must suffer if they are to get anything against Liverpool.

While the Midlands club do not have much to play for in the remainder of their games, Gerrard wants to finish the season on a positive note.

As they prepare to take on his former club and title chasing Liverpool on Tuesday, Gerrard outlined what they must do to beat the Reds.

"There's no two ways about it, at times we're going to have to defend extremely well and we're going to have to be organised, we're going to have to be compact," Gerrard told a pre-match press conference.

"At times we'll have to suffer but if we do that together and get through those situations, we believe at home, the form we're in of late and the players we are going to select, we're hoping we'll have some interesting moments in the game.

"That's what Tottenham did. They were organised, they were patient. When their moments came they did cause Liverpool some problems.

"We've got to make sure we're bold enough and brave enough and show enough quality on the pitch to go and hurt Liverpool as well."