James Milner insists Liverpool must not focus on their ladder position as they look to make the top-four.

The Reds are three points behind fourth-placed West Ham United.

"It obviously puts us in a good position – but, for me, I don't really want to look at that league table at this moment in time," Milner told the club's website after the win over Aston Villa on Saturday.

"It's more important for us to concentrate on ourselves and get ourselves to the level we have been at and get that consistency back.

"I think if we concentrate on that and concentrate on ourselves game by game, then the rest will take care of itself and we can hopefully put a bit of pressure on other people.

"If we worry about ourselves, get that level of consistency we've had before and keep grinding out results like today then hopefully we can achieve what we can at the end of the season."