Liverpool veteran James Milner insists their 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace can be a positive point.

Milner says the clean sheet is something to build on.'

He said, "We'd like a better performance and three points but we didn't get that.

"On the plus side we got a clean sheet away from home. The desire and fight was there but maybe not the creativity. We have created enough to win the game but it wasn't as fluid as we'd like.

"We had to move on [from the Real Madrid defeat] as quick as possible. You saw the desire. If the midweek performance had affected us today we'd have conceded a goal. It wasn't one of our best performances but it's never easy at a place like this.

"We haven't been playing our best football this season. Little things that go against us, we're not shrugging them off as well as we should do.

"Getting a clean sheet is a big thing. If we can be difficult to beat we have players who can score goals.

"We have to keep going. We're our harshest critics. It's important we don't listen to the noise outside. It's down to us. We're the only ones who can change it.

"We've fallen short this year. We have to dig down.

"The most important thing that matters is what's said in the dressing room. It was important not to get too high before and not get too down now."