Henderson: Liverpool must start beating teams outside top six

Liverpool may have cruised past title challengers Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday’s late kick-off, but captain Jordan Henderson insists the Reds must start beating lesser teams if they are to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea.

A Sadio Mane double ensured all three points stayed at Anfield in their clash with Mauricio Pochettino’s men, meaning Liverpool are now unbeaten in eight Premier League games against top six opposition.

But despite their fine form against the league’s high fliers, Jurgen Klopp’s side remain ten points adrift of Chelsea.

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Their next Premier League game sees them travel to the King Power stadium to face reigning champions – and relegation threatened – Leicester City, and Henderson insists these are the games that his side need to start winning.

“That needs to change, quickly,” he said. “We need to solve that issue.

“That’s the level set. We need to play like that every week. Tonight was a big win and a big performance.

“I thought we played well, even without the ball we were still in control.

“We were much better in terms of performance and the result. It’s a start in the right direction and we need to keep going like that until the end of the season.

“You could see a lot of good things in our play. We have been frustrated in recent games. It was nice to have a good performance.”