Group E: Gerrard targets quick return to Champions League

LIVERPOOL: Steven Gerrard has urged his Liverpool teammates to put their disastrous Champions League campaign behind them and concentrate on finishing fourth in the Premier League table.

Rafa Benitez's side bowed out of Europe's top knockout competition on a low note on Wednesday as they lost 2-1 at home to Fiorentina, Alberto Gilardino hitting a stoppage time winner for the Italians.

It left the five-time European champions conducting an inquest into their third defeat in Group E. Liverpool finished third in the four-team table, six points behind second-placed Lyon and eight adrift of group winners Fiorentina.