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Simon Mignolet believes Liverpool showed how far they have come with their dominant performance against Chelsea at Anfield.

The Reds were held to a 1-1 draw in their Capital One Cup semi-final first leg but the Belgian keeper is convinced they can finish the job off at Stamford Bridge next Tuesday night.

Chelsea were comfortable 2-1 winners on their previous visit to Anfield in the league back in November but this time it was a very different contest with Brendan Rodgers’ side comprehensively outplaying the table-toppers.

Liverpool are now unbeaten in nine games and Mignolet admits confidence is surging through the team.

“In big games you always want to put in big performances and we did that against Chelsea,” Mignolet told the ECHO.

“We made it very difficult for Chelsea who have been in top form.

“There was only one team who deserved to win tonight and that was us.

“We played some great football, created a lot of chances and the only thing that was missing was a few more goals.

“That performance will give everyone a boost. We showed how much we have improved but the message is we can’t afford to get carried away. Everyone needs to stay calm.

“Hopefully we can get the right result at Stamford Bridge and get ourselves into the final.

“We believe we can go there and get the result we want.

“It’s not important who is favourites now. We have to look at ourselves.

“We just need to put in a similar performance to the one tonight. Tuesday will be a different game and we have to keep doing the same things.”

Liverpool went behind against the run of play in the first half when Eden Hazard scored from the spot after he had been brought down by Emre Can.

However, the Reds responded in style after the break with Raheem Sterling’s stunning individual effort making it 1-1.

Steven Gerrard hit the woodwork and Mignolet’s fellow countryman Thibaut Courtois pulled off a string of saves to deny Rodgers’ men a winner.

“He’s a very good shot-stopper and he showed that,” Mignolet added.

“The fact he had so much to do shows that we were the better side. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to score the second goal we deserved.

“We did well after going behind and it was a special goal from Raheem. He’s on form again and hopefully he will keep doing that for us.

“Now we will think about the FA Cup tie against Bolton. That’s on our minds before the second leg.

“We want to get into the next round of that one and then we will focus on Chelsea.”

Mignolet, who was dropped by Rodgers last month, continued his recent upturn in form on the back of a fine personal display in the league win at Villa Park last weekend.

“I spoke to the gaffer about what I needed to work on during my time out of the team,” he said.

“I’ve just tried to keep my head down and work hard in training.

“I need to keep doing my job week in, week out. There are lot of big games coming up with a lot to play for and we all want to do well.”

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