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Liverpool Echo sports writer Neil Jones says Liverpool FC must target nine points from their Christmas games if they are to climb up the league table.

The Reds face Burnley, Swansea and Leicester over the festive period and Neil said: "Last season you would be saying that was a nailed on nine points, but this season you cannot make any guarantees.

"However they are games where if Liverpool are to push on they have to get at least seven points from, and I would say they have to get nine. They are capable of doing it, if they retain their recent performance levels."

Neil added Brendan Rodgers was very upbeat in this morning's press conference.

"He's happy with how the side is performing. They are looking more like the Liverpool we are coming to expect. They've got intensity, buzz and zip back in the play and he has confidence going into the Christmas period."