Rodgers: I'm loving every minute of it
When Brendan Rodgers walks past the European Cup on the way into training each morning, the reality of managing Liverpool Football Club is hammered home in one fell swoop.
However, since his very first day at Melwood, the manager has not let the gleaming trophy, nor its four cousins housed at the club's Anfield museum, pile pressure on his shoulders.
Instead, Rodgers insists he's thrived on the expectation levels - and the Reds' current rich vein of form has brought nothing but sheer enjoyment for the Northern Irishman.
The boss has cut a composed figure on the touchline in recent weeks as his players have swept all comers to rack up nine consecutive Barclays Premier League victories.
Liverpool have hit 32 goals during a spell which has propelled them to pole position in the table with just five games remaining - and Rodgers is determined to maintain the run.
"I'm loving every minute of it," Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo. "This is brilliant. I may not have been in this position before but I have been in football a long time.
"This is only my fifth year as a manager but I've been stood on the touchline coaching for 20 years. I am just really enjoying seeing us develop as a team. When you play and work for a club like Liverpool there is always pressure every day of your life.
"I walk past the European Cup every day when I walk into the training ground and I know there are another four in the museum at Anfield. That can be pressure but only if you let it be pressure.
"For us as a team, this is why we work hard. We've worked hard all season to be in this position. Now we're there we're going to going to fight and work even harder to stay there.
"I've been through much worse things in my life than being in the title race at the top of the Premier League. It's insignificant in terms of some psychological things which have gone on. This feeling of working well and winning games is great and long may it continue."