Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho believes securing FA Cup silverware would save their season , with hopes of a top four finish looking increasingly unlikely . The Reds go into their FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn on Wednesday night off the back of damaging league losses at home to Manchester United in March followed by a 4-1 thumping at the hands of Arsenal on Saturday . Defeat at the Emirates means fifth-placed Liverpool trail fourth spot , currently occupied by Manchester City , by seven points with seven games remaining . Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho ( left ) says winning the FA Cup would rescue their season . Coutinho ( right ) started Liverpool 's 4-1 thumping at top four rivals Arsenal on Saturday afternoon . Fifth-placed Liverpool ( centre ) are seven points adrift of fourth with seven games left in the Premier League . After the match , Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers conceded defeat in his quest for the top four . And while Coutinho refuses to give up hope of qualifying for Europe 's elite club competition for a second consecutive season , he does admit that ending the campaign with silverware would be some consolation if that was the case . 'Winning the [ FA ] cup would save our season . It is very important for us to have that as an objective , ' Coutinho told the club 's official website . 'We have to pick ourselves up after what happened against Arsenal to get the results that we need . We want to be in the Champions League . That is our primary objective . We have seven games left and we have to see what happens . ' 'Arsenal played very well , as they always do , and we did not do the things we have to do to win , the things we have done in previous games , like pressing the ball well . 'That was the difference between the two sides . It was a very difficult game but we have to pick our heads up and keep believing . We have to keep going . We have more games to come and lots of things can still happen . ' After the match , Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers conceded defeat in his quest for the top four . Rodgers ( centre ) is preparing his side for their FA Cup quarter-final replay at Blackburn on Wednesday night .
Liverpool lost 4-1 at Premier League top four rivals Arsenal on Saturday . Result sees Reds seven points adrift of fourth place with seven games left . Reds travel to Blackburn in their FA Cup quarter-final replay on Wednesday . Adrian Durham : Sterling would only be earning the same as Balotelli if he signed new £100,000-a-week deal at Liverpool ... that 's the real issue here . CLICK HERE for the latest Liverpool news .