Simon Mignolet issues rallying cry to Liverpool after Burnley win
Monday 13 March 2017 14:38, UK
Simon Mignolet has called for Liverpool to keep building after their "old school" comeback against Burnley kept up their challenge for a Champions League place.
The Anfield side recorded their first win against a team from the bottom half of the Premier League since December when they defeated Sean Dyche's team 2-1 on Saturday.
Having suffered each of their five defeats in the title race to teams from the lower reaches, it was a welcome result for Jurgen Klopp and his players.
With the welcome boost the result brings, goalkeeper Mignolet wants it to provide momentum too in the final weeks of the campaign.
The Belgian international said: "It was a day when it was all about the result rather than the performance.
"We knew beforehand what everyone was saying about how we didn't manage to get results against the lower teams who play a different style of football compared to the top teams.
"Although we went behind, we fought back by playing old school, English football. We fought for everything.
"The only thing that mattered was the three points. That was our objective and we achieved it with a lot of hard work and by winning a lot of battles out there.
"It's not really hard to do, it's just about making sure your mindset is right and being prepared for it. You have to accept that sometimes you need to grind out three points.
"It's a big step forward for us and we have to learn from this. We need to use the experience of this game because there will be other games like this before the end of the season."
Five of Liverpool's remaining 10 matches are against clubs who currently occupy positions in the bottom half of the table.
This Sunday, however, they will travel to Manchester City for their final encounter against another side from the top six.
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Liverpool's record against teams from that section of the table is better than that of any of the other five and they have taken 19 points from a possible 27.
Mignolet thinks that suits Klopp's squad, who have seemingly preferred playing against the leading sides.
He added: "There's no point speaking about the way we played and why we didn't create more chances.
"Playing a team like Burnley is so different to when you play against a top team, who let you play football. It's done and dusted.
"Now we forget that game and move on to the next one. Now the next two games are very big - Manchester City and then the derby [against Everton] after the international break.
"They will be different games compared to Burnley. It's a different kind of game when it's on the floor."
