Gerrard: We'll finish job off

Steven Gerrard reflected on Liverpool's slender first leg victory over Unirea Urziceni on Thursday night and insisted the Reds will finish the job off in Bucharest next week,

Liverpool will travel to the Romanian capital with a David Ngog goal to protect as they look to secure their place in the last sixteen of the competiiton, but the skipper believes Rafael Benitez's side will prove too strong for Unirea on their own pitch.

"Unirea were very stubborn tonight," he said. "We expected that because their manager has set up a team against us before and we knew they'd be difficult to break down.

"We have to be more clinical and I am confident we will get more joy away from home against them. They will have to try to beat us and we can kill them off.

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"Maybe we lacked five or ten per cent on the pace of the ball tonight but I am sure we will be better next week."

A place iin the last sixteen against Lille or Fenerbahce is up for grabs if the Reds can secure their progression next Thursday - and Gerrard insists the Europa League is a competiion which will take some winning this season.

"The teams knocked out of the Champions League are fantastic teams and some of the top sides across Europe are in the competition so it's going to be tough to win it but we're confident we can go all the way," he added.