The Reds still harbour hopes of qualifying for this season's Champions League at the expense of Manchester United, and the 42-year-old is aware they must win at Stamford Bridge
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is full of praise for Premier League champions Chelsea, but insists that his side will not be overawed when they travel to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Liverpool, having gone so close to winning the title themselves last season, have fallen off the pace in 2014-15 but still harbour hopes of overtaking Manchester United and claiming a top-four finish.
With three matches of the season remaining, Rodgers' side are four points behind Louis van Gaal's side, and the Northern Irishman is acutely aware that the Reds must take all three points away from west London.
"We're going into the game at the weekend looking to win," Rodgers said.
"Chelsea are obviously deserved champions, they've been the best team, but all we can do is control the last three games, look to win those and see where we end up. I'm purely focused on the game.
"I congratulated [Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho]. They're the deserving champions and to win it with a few games to go is obviously pleasing for him.
"But it doesn't take away from what we're looking to do and we want to finish the season strong."
Mourinho has denied that Chelsea's players were given four days off to celebrate after last weekend's victory over Crystal Palace, and Rodgers does not expect the Blues to have any kind of hangover on Sunday.
"I think if they've had a few days off then they deserve it," he added. "They've won the league and they can celebrate that.
"They're top players, professional players and every game is important for them and they'll look to go into our game and win that."
Mourinho, meanwhile, pinpointed Chelsea's 5-3 loss at Tottenham on New Year's Day as the pivotal moment in their title challenge, with the champions unbeaten in their 15 league matches since then.
"The key moment was the stability after losing at Spurs, everybody stuck together and we were very calm," he said on Friday.
"What pleases me is winning the title, the way we did it and the consistency we've shown in difficult periods.
"We want to win our matches, we have three difficult games. We don't need to win but we want to try to win points."
Mourinho still has fitness concerns over Diego Costa (hamstring), Ramires (illness) and Oscar (thigh), while for Rodgers, Mario Balotelli (foot) is back in contention although Mamadou Sakho (hamstring) remains out.
