Gerrard: This is our biggest game so far

Liverpool can go five points behind Arsene Wenger's table-topping side if they can produce another pulsating Anfield display and end a seven-year home league hoodoo against the Gunners.

Peter Crouch's perfect hat-trick secured the Reds their last domestic win against today's opponents in front of the Kop back in March 2007.

Since that demolition, Liverpool have clashed with an Arsenal side determined to dominate in the middle of the pitch and one that has been unfazed by the opposition crowd.

However, Gerrard insists it's time for that to end - and he believes that the Kop can still play a massive part in what could be an important victory for Brendan Rodgers' side.

"The Everton game was huge a few weeks ago, but because that is gone and the job is done, I'd almost say this Arsenal game is our biggest game of the season so far," the skipper told Liverpoolfc.com.

"Sometimes, with these games, the manager has to do very little work in the dressing room. We're playing Arsenal at home and there's a very good chance we can reel them back closer to us. These games don't come much bigger.

"Being at home with our fans behind us and knowing what's at stake means it's going to be a similar atmosphere to Everton - and you saw how we performed against them. That is the standards we want to match, because if we do we'll get the three points.

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"The fans don't kick the ball or win you games, as such, but they can certainly help you and I've experienced that hundreds of times at Anfield.

"This crowd is a one-off and when it does hit the high notes and get behind the team from start to finish, you can't deny that they do help push you over the line. We're hoping that is the case tomorrow because they've got just an important part to play as any player."

Gerrard is open and philosophical about where Liverpool went wrong when they last faced Arsenal, at the Emirates Stadium in November last year.

Since Wenger stamped his blueprint on the North London club, their aims has always been to swamp teams in the middle of the park and to dominate possession from a central position.

The skipper insists this is something they did to perfection in the 2-0 victory, when Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey put the home side out of reach.

By extension, Gerrard knows that he and his teammates will face the same conundrum come this afternoon at Anfield.

"I think what we learned from that match was if you don't play well in the big games, more often than not, you won't get the points or the result that you're looking for," he said.

"Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say that the opposition were better on the day - and Arsenal played really well.

"They were at home, it was a very difficult game for us and we're hoping that the roles reverse this time round. We're at Anfield and our form is really good there. We're really confident we can get the result we want.

"I think that in the middle of the pitch was where we lost the game down there. I have to admit that our midfielders were not on our games on the day. I think we were outnumbered in the middle.

"What you have understand is that when you play Arsenal, they don't really play with wide-men who hug the touchline, they have wide men who come in and try to outnumber you in the middle of the midfield.

"So at times they had up to five men in there. They had Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla, Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta and then they had a forward dropping in as well. So it's important that we try and get the numerical advantage at Anfield in the game tomorrow.

"That's how we beat Everton - we had superiority in the middle. We were too aggressive for them and we dominated the middle of the pitch. If you do that in big games, then more often than not, you win them."

While Arsenal have been setting the pace at the top of the table, Rodgers' and his Liverpool side have been busy reviving an old tradition - that of Anfield as a fortress.

Only Southampton have left L4 with three points against the Reds, while Aston Villa are the only other side to have escaped a beating.

Manchester United and Everton have been the more casualties, while the likes of Norwich, West Bromwich Albion  and West Ham have all been thrashed in front of the Kop.

"I'd say at home we've got that confidence and believe that we can beat anyone, but we've got to and prove it," insisted Gerrard.

"We've got to go and play well and keep hitting top standards. If you take the Aston Villa game, for example; we were shocked from that start of that game, maybe assuming that we were going to win.

"But if we hit our performance levels that we've shown this year at home, not many sides will beat us.