Steven Gerrard is undoubtedly one of Liverpool's greatest players, but one title had always seemed to elude the all-action midfielder - the Premier League.
Even if Liverpool might seem far away from competing for the title this season, the 32-year-old, who made his debut for the club in 1998, has not given up hope of adding a Premier League winners' medal before his career ends.
"It is not easy and it is a frustration but it is life, it is football," Gerrard said. "This is a very hard league to win and there are some fantastic teams about.
"There are thousands of other players in this league who have not achieved what I have achieved so I suppose they are in a similar position to me saying to themselves 'I haven't got a European Cup' - I've played in two European Cup finals.
"I have done an awful lot in the game and yes, the league has eluded me. Some of the games I look back on with frustration and regret are the ones we drew at home which cost us the title (in 2008/09 when Liverpool finished second, four points behind champions Manchester United).
"I'm not really one who looks back, I look forward, and I am never going to give up fighting for the title. But I'm realistic about where the team is at the moment and how much hard work and improvement needs to be done if we are to compete for it.
"Have I got the time on my side? No. Is it impossible? No. Let's just see how the next two or three years go. I know I am good enough to play in a side to win the league and I know I am a good enough player to win the league but sometimes stuff is out of your control."
Gerrard has constantly been linked with a move away from Liverpool in the past, with Chelsea trying to lure the midfielder from Anfield a few times, but the England international has no regrets about not leaving the club he has been with since the age of nine. "I have no regrets over the decisions I have made," Gerrard added during the launch of his book 'My Liverpool Story'.
"I am really happy I stayed. I am the captain of the club I love and this club means more to me than any other club out there.
"Of course I'd love a Premier League winners' medal and that may have happened if I'd moved clubs but would that league title mean as much to me as the other trophies I've won here? No -- fact."
Chelsea and Manchester City have dominated the transfer market in recent years, with billionaire owners converting these clubs into title contenders. "It is no good us worrying about the power of Chelsea and Manchester City," he said.
"But there is no two ways about it, if there was no Roman Abramovich (Chelsea owner) or the guy (Sheikh Mansour) who bought Manchester City I'd have two or three league titles sitting here now.
"People who buy football clubs can have too much power for other clubs in the league and that is what has happened. We can't compete financially so we need to worry about ourselves and be the best we can be and see where we end up.
"We know what work we have to do ahead -- it is going to be tough and other teams in the league as well as City, United and Chelsea are getting stronger.
"It is becoming more and more difficult to finish in the top four but I believe we have the squad and the manager in charge at the moment to certainly push for that and I am confident we can do it.
"If you look at our recent performances we are not far away at all. We've not had the results we deserve this season but it is a new set-up, it is not going to click overnight."
