Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits he had given up on winning the Premier League

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has revealed that he had given up on winning the Premier League after years of stagnating and failure.

The Reds have not been in the Champions League for four years and have struggled to even challenge for a top four spot since. However, at the start of the season, the aims were to finally break their poor form and grab top four by the scruff of the neck.

After a superb start to the season, Liverpool were top on Christmas Day and have carried that form into 2014 where they haven’t lot a single league game and are currently on a 10-match winning streak.

A win at Norwich City today would move them five points clear at the top of the Premier League, something Gerrard had given up all hope of happening.

“For us to have not won the league since 1990 is not good enough,” said Gerrard in an interview with the Telegraph.

“A club with this history should have got an awful lot closer during those 24 years.

“There are times when maybe I have given up on it — or been close to giving up on it. When you are finishing seventh or eighth and you see the gap to the top sides, it’s mentally tough.

“And then you come to the end of the season and you see the big hitters spending all kinds of money and making their squads even stronger.

“But when Brendan (Rodgers) came in I got a real feeling from him. I liked his vision for the club. I totally believe in this manager and his plans.

“You hang on to that glimmer of hope that you will have one small chance, one final go before you hang up your boots… and it’s here.”

Gerrard has scored 13 goals and assisted another 10 this season.