Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson believes that he still needs further improvement to reach the standards of players such as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, who have the reputation of scoring a lot of goals from midfield.

The 24-year-old, who penned a new contract with the Reds yesterday, has managed to score a total of seven goals this season, which he believes is simply not good enough.




According to Henderson, he needs to make a bigger impact on games not just by providing opportunities for the strikers but scoring goals himself.

Speaking about his aim at the start of the season, the midfielder insisted that he had targeted a ten goal mark by the end of the campaign. However, with his role changing with every passing game, Henderson reveals that putting a certain figure to the target has been difficult.
 


The former Sunderland player though insists that there is no lack of motivation on his part and he will look to put in that extra bit of effort on the training ground to pull himself up and try to live up to the standards of midfield greats like Gerrard and Lampard.

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"I still think I need to improve on goals and assists so I can have a bigger impact on games", Henderson told his club's official website.

"It's just about working hard on the training field and doing the right things off it.

"At the start of the season my goals target was around the 10 mark, but throughout the season your position changes and your job changes within the team so then you can't really put a figure on it.

"Ideally, if you're playing as an attacking midfielder you want to be getting a minimum of 10 goals a season.

"Obviously you look at Stevie, who's done it for many years and scored a lot of goals in the Premier League. I think Frank Lampard's a good example of arriving in the box and scoring a lot of goals.

"I just need to continue looking to pick my moments. That's the most important thing for me – always making the right decision of when to make the run to try to break the line."

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