Marsh: Only Stevie is capable of that

Despite missing a spot-kick, Liverpool's No.8 brushed himself down to head home at the Kop end in front - and Marsh tells us why is takes a very special player to do what he did.

Ahead of Sunday's trip to Chelsea we also spoke with first-team coach about why the Reds are refusing to give up their hope of the top-four and Philippe Coutinho's form.

Here is a full transcript of the interview with Marsh...

Mike, Adam Lallana has said this week that Liverpool's won't give up the fight for the top-four until it's mathematically impossible. Is that a belief that runs throughout the squad?

Yes, but we know it's going to be difficult. United have a four-point lead on us at the minute and if they win one more game we will have to win our remaining three, which is going to be difficult. But we'll do our best and see where it takes us.

Is it a case of it's not over until it's over?

We know United play on Saturday and we play on Sunday so we'll see how their game goes and we'll take it from there.

What kind of messages have you and the staff been giving to their players this week in training?

We have just tried to be positive. We know we are not a million miles away but obviously with just a few games remaining it's going to be tight. We are just going to give it our best shot and see where that takes us come the end of the season.

A great win over QPR last week and how special was it to see Steven Gerrard net the winner right at the end?

We were all delighted, not only for Steven but for us to win the game. He missed a penalty and you don't think you will get another chance to win the game but he then pops up and scores with a header. It was a trademark Gerrard goal.

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It says a lot about him that he can recover in that way doesn't it?

Yes, because you see a lot of players who would probably crumble after missing a penalty and feel a bit sorry for themselves. As you are all aware, Steven normally takes the corners for us so it's very rare that he is in the box these days, but he decided to go into the box and try and get that opportunity to win it for us, which we are thankful that he did!

Do moments like that just show how much he is going to be missed when he is not here anymore and is that something for other players to look at and say 'I need to be doing that next season'?

I don't think there are many players in the country that could miss a penalty and then get the winner like that. He's going to be a big miss, we are well aware of that, and he has been a brilliant player for this football club. We will have to try and improve in other areas to compensate for him not being there.

I know Steven himself has said he doesn't want there to be any focus on him leaving Liverpool until his final game is done, but how keen are the players to send the captain off with three wins?

No-one has even mentioned that to be fair. We have three big games coming up and we'll take it from there. We haven't given any big good-bye yet so we'll wait until after the Stoke game.

Philippe Coutinho is in line to make his 100th appearance for the club at Stamford Bridge. Just how important is he to the club's future?

He's vital, isn't he? His form has been really good. As you can see from his selection in the PFA Team of the Year he has been voted by his peers as one of the best players in the country and that's without him being in a team that's been in the top-four for most of the season. If others can improve as much as Philippe I think we'll have a much better season next season.

He's obviously a player with immense natural ability but how much of his development is down to attitude, and what's he like when he's out there on the training pitch?

He's fantastic. He loves football so much, which rubs off on the others. He's always out on the training pitch and he wants to be better and is always practicing, so it's paid off this season.

Chelsea next up and they have just been crowned champions. Could that be motivation for you to go up and spoil the party?

It's too late to spoil the party because they have just been crowned champions but we don't need any extra motivation. We will go to Chelsea and try and get the three points to help us try and qualify for the Champions League, so we don't need any extra motivation.

We were rather unfortunate to lose to them in the Capital One Cup semi-final. Is there a desire to put that right this time around?

Over the two legs it was really tight and it could have gone one way or the other, but unfortunately Chelsea had a little bit too much for us in the game. It's a big game for us on Sunday. They are the best team in the league and it's going to be difficult, but we're well prepared for it and we'll see how we go.

Whenever Liverpool play against Chelsea they are always tight and tense affairs. What's the key to getting a result against them?

I think it will be pretty much like when we played them in the two semi-final games. We need to take our chances when they present themselves. I don't think we did that in the semi-final as we had chances to go ahead and put the game to bed which we never. We have got to be more clinical on Sunday.