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The journalist’s question that made Liverpool star James Milner offer a wry smile revealed
LIVERPOOL midfielder James Milner is desperate to add to his medal haul at Anfield - but not runners-up ones.
Liverpool have not won any silverware since the League Cup win in 2012.
Since joining the Reds in 2015, Milner has been part of three losing sides in finals.
He lost the League Cup and Europa League final in his first campaign at the club before the Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid last season.
Asked what he did with his medal from the Real loss, Milner gave a wry smile and replied: “It’s with the others, the winning ones and losing ones that I have.”
Milner has four winners medals in his career from his time at Manchester City, including two Premier League titles.
But admits it is time he added to that haul at Liverpool.
“I have been to three finals since I have been here, lost them all and I am desperate to put that right,” he said.
“It’s a memory you will never forget. You are proud to have played in the European Cup final but you don’t go there to lose.
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“Listen, I have loved every minute of my time at Liverpool but to have not won something when we have given ourselves opportunities is difficult to take at this moment.
“It is something I am desperate to put right.
“You know, it’s been so long since we won a league title.
“Even in recent years, Liverpool haven’t won as many trophies as they should do for such a big club.
“Even for us now – we are a young team, we are improving but the chances we have given ourselves?
“We have to put that right. We have to get over the line in one of them.”
Liverpool are second in the Premier League table with eight games to go and are also in the quarter-final of the Champions League following Wednesday’s impressive 3-1 win at Bayern Munich.
Milner claims he and his team-mates are not yet thinking of participating in a second successive Champions League final.
But he says they will be desperate to right some wrongs from Kiev last year if they get there.
“I don’t think we think about that (winning the tournament) too much at this moment in time,” the former England international added.
“But it is a memory that never goes away too quickly. You still think about it now.
“Maybe – hopefully – if we get to the final, we can think about putting it right then.
“We probably took more positives from last year than negatives.
“But it’s a bitter pill to swallow when you lose the final of the Champions League and the way we went down.
“But the thoughts of the run we had, the teams that we beat and the confidence that we gained.
“Then you see how we are playing in the Premier League – we have only lost one game – that is confidence and helping us move forward as a team.”