Tuesday night's 1-0 loss at relegation-threatened Hull City leaves the Reds seven points off fourth place, while Steve Bruce insists there is still work to do at the KC Stadium.Brendan Rodgers lamented a lack of cutting edge from Liverpool after Tuesday's 1-0 loss at Hull City all but ended their Champions League qualification hopes.
After a goalless draw at West Brom, the Reds again drew a blank as Michael Dawson's 37th-minute header proved decisive to leave Liverpool seven points adrift of fourth place with just four games to play."We didn't look like scoring really," Rodgers told reporters. "We had some good moments and had enough of the ball but never really threatened the goal as much as we'd have liked."We had enough of the game, between the boxes we were okay, but where it counts in that final third we just couldn't make the breakthrough."Meanwhile, Steve Bruce believes Hull still have work to do avoid relegation despite the crucial victory."Of course when you play Liverpool you've got to defend well, which we did, and we gave ourselves a chance to put back-to-back victories at this particular stage is crucial," he said."We give ourselves a good chance, but we still need a couple of results. I don't think 34 [points] is enough. We're all delighted, but back to work in the morning."Hull host Arsenal, Burnley and Manchester United in the run-in and have a trip to Tottenham in a tricky finish to the season but Bruce insists he never lost faith in this squad."I've never really doubted the character," he added. "We've had a lot to put up with, with injuries and conceding in the last minute - we've lost 10 points, especially before Christmas in that situation."The one thing I've come to know is the vast majority of them are desperate to be in the Premier League and I think that's showed in the last couple of performances."
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