Every game poses its own challenge right now and it was crucial to get back to winning ways and secure maximum points at Portsmouth.
It was a roller coaster affair, but the result took us back to the top of the table and, while it was only a temporary scenario with Manchester United able to win at West Ham, it highlighted that there is still everything to play for in the weeks and months ahead.
It was another example of being down, yet having the character to come back and snatch a late winner against a club fighting a very different kind of Premier League battle. Portsmouth have found themselves in dangerous waters and they were never going to make life easy for us.
We knew it was going to be a fiercely competitive affair and that's the way it worked out. We were behind twice, but once again demonstrated that we are never beaten in these situations. Dirk, Xabi and Fernando all came off the bench and it worked.
The squad did well and I thought Fabio Aurelio was tremendous in midfield. A couple of lapses saw us go behind, but we had the strength to turn things round.
It means we can take some positives into the weeks ahead. Every game is important now, but we have everything to play for in the league and in Europe.
Clearly, we were disappointed to go out of the FA Cup at Goodison Park. It was the culmination of three tight games in quick succession against our Mersey rivals and these affairs are always hard fought.
Any derby defeat is hard to take and you tend to remember them for a long time. I'm no different now to when I was at school. I always hated the day after a derby setback and I'm sure it's the same for every Liverpool fan. It's almost worse in the FA Cup because these games don't come round that often.
I was heading for London the following morning and the steward on the train just had to be a Blue. He didn't hesitate to remind me about the result. It's what derby games are all about and it makes you even more focused on winning the next one.
However, it means we have now got a free weekend and, while we would have preferred to be in the next phase of the FA Cup, we can use the break to prepare for the visit of Manchester City ahead of that tremendous Champions League test at Real Madrid.
At a different level here, everyone was pleased to see our youngsters beating Chelsea to move into the next round of the FA Youth Cup. Chelsea had beaten Manchester United in the previous round and they were one of the favourites to win the competition. It was an excellent, gritty performance by our boys to claim a place in the quarter-finals.
Elsewhere, I would like to pay my personal respects to Phil Easton, who died recently. Phil was well known at Anfield, handling the announcements for us at pitchside. He was a great professional with a tremendous reputation as a broadcaster. Phil had an astonishing 30 years experience with City.
Like many people in the area, I would listen to Phil on the radio and so I grew to admire his style long before I actually met him. He was a genuinely nice person. I know it is always tempting to say that, but in Phil's case it was true.
He had become part of the fabric at Anfield, especially in recent years. His death was a great shock to all of us and on behalf of the club I would like to let his family know that we are thinking of them at this difficult time.
