Liverpool skipper eyeing title bid - 2:24 PM, May. 1, 2006

Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool will win The Premiership within the next couple of years.

The Reds have made giant strides of progress since Rafael Benitez took over the reigns at Anfield, with the UEFA Champions League won last season and an FA Cup final on the menu this.

However, the one honour Gerrard wants more than anything is the Premiership title, and the England international believes the Merseyside men are close to launching a serious bid for the crown.

"Yes I've been quite successful and things are going well, but I want more trophies and winners' medals and I believe I will achieve that with Liverpool," he told The Daily Star.

"It was a big decision to stay at Liverpool, but I made that decision on the basis that I felt we had the right manager in charge in Rafa Benitez and I haven't regretted that for a moment.

"I believe in him and have full confidence in him. I know I can achieve my ambitions at Liverpool. There's only one thing missing from my collection and that's The Premiership.

"That's the one I badly want and I know the fans do too. But that doesn't mean I don't want others. I'm very greedy for trophies. Chelsea are a fantastic team and then you also have Manchester United and Arsenal, so winning The Premiership is going to be really difficult.

"But we have a hungry manager and a hungry set of players and I know Rafa is going to strengthen in the summer. I think if you look at the points gap last year and you look at it this year we are a lot closer.

"That makes me know we can have a go at the league in the next couple of seasons and we feel we can really achieve our objectives in the coming years."