Liverpool's Jamie Carragher: The best way to stop Manchester United is for us to be winners

Defender insists that the Reds need to win the Premier

League before their rivals go further ahead, whilst 

insisting that Kenny Dalglish's signings are adding 

depth to the squad

Jamie Carragher believes that the best way to stop Manchester United from continuing to win more Premier League titles is for Liverpool to win it itself.

The Reds recently relinquished their status as the team with the most number of league titles in the history of English football, as the Old Trafford club won a record 19th championship last season.

That took them one ahead of the Merseysiders, and the defender hopes to remedy the situation quickly.

"If we want to stop them being champions then the best way to do it is to finish top ourselves," Carragher told The Sunday Mirror. "It’s the same with the ­Champions League. I don’t want to be sat here in 10 years’ time talking about the fact that United have won more European Cups than us – and the best way to stop that is to qualify for the Champions League and win it again.

He also stressed that it's due time the northern club won a title but it can't consume all that they do, even though that is how things were in the past.

"It has been too long for a club like Liverpool not to win the league, but we can’t ­become obsessed with them in the way they used to be about Liverpool when they couldn’t win the title.

"What was it for them – 26 years was it? We’ll be doing what we can to make sure we don’t break their record! I think during that time, they also got relegated. I don’t think that will ever happen to Liverpool – and you can quote me on that. I won’t stop hoping or ­believing, but I am realistic enough to know that time is running out for me to win it.

"And to be honest, I’ll have still had a great career. The most important thing isn’t Jamie Carragher, it’s ­Liverpool Football Club."

For now, however, the 33-year-old insists that manager Kenny Dalglish has been addressing the problems in the squad through his signings.

"I think what the manager has been quick to address is the fact that we haven’t had the same strength in depth as other top teams. It can’t be just about 1 to 11," said Carragher. "It’s a squad game now ­because of all the matches and the boss has really ­prepared for that. In the past we have ­perhaps relied on the likes of Stevie (Gerrard) or (­Fernando) Torres a bit too much and I think that’s something the manager has been looking to address with the signings he’s made."