Wednesday 6 February 2019 14:32, UK
Jamie Carragher has urged Liverpool to put talk of nerves behind them with a convincing win over Bournemouth on Saturday.
Liverpool have drawn twice in the past week following a visit from Leicester and a trip to West Ham, allowing title rivals Manchester City to sneak to within three points of them, despite losing 2-1 at Newcastle last Tuesday.
It has been 29 years since Liverpool last won the title, leading to suggestions of nerves from the press and social media, which was denied by left-back Andy Robertson.
Carragher, who said after Monday's draw at the London Stadium that it was a "blip" in form rather than nerves, had some fresh advice for his former club ahead of Saturday's visit of Bournemouth.
He told Sky Sports News: "We don't know [what's going on]. We will have to see how long it continues. They have to put it right against Bournemouth.
"It doesn't matter what anyone says really - whether it's nerves, poor performance or whatever it may be.
"The only way they can stop that talk is by winning games. What they need to do is win the game against Bournemouth convincingly to put a bit of that talk to bed.
"There is no doubt, it has been an unbelievable season for Liverpool up until now and it is right that they haven't had a bad spell in the season - we always say a team has that bit of a spell.
"Maybe it is that, maybe it isn't. But they have to get out of it quickly because you certainly don't want Man City to get four or five points ahead - that would be difficult.
"I don't think it would be the end of the world if City went top, I think they will do tonight [when they face Everton]. There's still a long way to go and I think once you get down to March or April that's when I think the title will be decided.
"I believe there will be lots of twists and turns and whichever side goes further in the Champions League will also have a big bearing on it."
Carragher was speaking ahead the legends game between Liverpool and AC Milan at Anfield on March 23, raising money for the LFC Foundation.
