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Jordan Henderson admitted it was the most important goal of his Liverpool career after he netted the winner in their thrilling 4-3 victoryover Swansea City.

The Reds midfielder, who has been on a mission to increase his contribution in the final third, doubled his tally for the season on a dramatic afternoon at Anfield.

Henderson slotted home his second of the game in front of the Kop 14 minutes from time to finally see off the Swans.

The win ensured Liverpool strengthened their grip on fourth place and they remain only four points adrift of leaders Chelsea.

“It was a good goal and that's probably the most important one I've scored here,” Henderson told the ECHO.

“I've been trying to arrive in the box a lot more. Luis Suarez's shot came back to me off the defender. The keeper made a good save but I followed it up and managed to score off the rebound.

“I'm trying to improve a lot of things in my game and goal scoring is one of those areas. There's still a lot of work for me to do but I'll keep working hard.

“The most important thing is that we got the three points. It was a big game and it's a massive win for us. We're over the moon.”

Goals from Daniel Sturridge and Henderson fired Liverpool into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes against Brendan Rodgers ' former club.

However, Swansea hit back and punished some poor defending as Jonjo Shelvey and Wilfried Bony made it 2-2.

Sturridge's header restored the Reds' lead before the break but the visitors were level early in the second half courtesy of Bony's penalty.

Henderson's second – his 12 goal for Liverpool in 124 appearances – put Liverpool 4-3 up and they survived a nervy finale.

“There was a lot of pressure on us going into the game with all the other top sides winning,” Henderson added.

“We knew we needed to win the game and we found it difficult at times.

“We didn't play as well as we can. We gave the ball away sloppily at times.

“We made some mistakes but at 3-3 we showed a lot of character to keep going and find a winner.

“Going forward we've been brilliant this season but we know we need to defend a lot better as a team. We need to tighten up as a whole team.

“We will work on that during the week and hopefully put that right against Southampton next weekend.

“We are very focused. We want to finish as high as we can but we're taking each game as it comes. We have 11 games left and each one of them is like a Cup final to us.”

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