Simon Mignolet believes Liverpool are showing the fighting spirit necessary to qualify for the Champions League as they head into Sunday 's seismic showdown with Manchester United at Anfield . Brendan Rodgers ' in-form Reds survived a first-half fright at Swansea on Monday night before emerging 1-0 winners to cut the gap on fourth-placed United to two points . Mignolet had to produce fine stops to deny Bafetimbi Gomis and Gylfi Sigurdsson in a first half Swansea dominated but Jordan Henderson 's fortunate winner gave Liverpool their fifth successive Barclays Premier League victory . Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet punches a cross clear during his side 's 1-0 win against Swansea . Captain Steven Gerrard congratulates Mignolet after the Reds ' fifth successive Premier League victory . 'We showed the character and resilience during the game that you need if you 're going to be successful , ' Mignolet said . 'This was our sixth successive clean sheet away from home and we have to keep that going until the end of the season . 'You keep those clean sheets as a whole team . Everyone is playing together , doing their job and willing to fight for each other . ' Liverpool have not lost in the league since a 3-0 defeat at United on December 14 when the stuttering Mignolet was dropped and replaced by Brad Jones . But Mignolet soon reclaimed his place and both he and Liverpool have gone from strength to strength ever since , the Merseysiders now unbeaten in 13 league games and Rodgers insisting they can catch second-placed Manchester City who are currently four points better off than his men . United 's visit on Sunday might go a long way to determining if that ambition is feasible but Mignolet insists Liverpool have to focus solely on themselves and not their rivals for a top-four spot . Liverpool 's players celebrate after Jordan Henderson 's decisive second half goal at the Liberty Stadium . Mignolet pulls off an acrobatic save to deny Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson a goal . 'This win sets up the next game and that 's a big game of course , ' Mignolet said . 'But we do n't have to make too much of it , there 's three points there and we have to try to do our best to get the win at home . 'We just have to look at our own performances , there 's no point in looking at the other teams , and keep doing what we 've been doing in the last few months . 'We 've still got all the big teams to play but the important thing is we do n't look too forward ahead of ourselves . ' Mignolet does not resemble the goalkeeper who visibly appeared anxious and made regular mistakes during the first half of the season . As well as his precious first-half saves at the Liberty Stadium he was commanding in the air and punched well under pressure , but he puts his impressive record down to those in front of him . 'As a goalkeeper you 're depending on the rest of the team to keep those clean sheets , ' he said . 'You ca n't do that on your own and that 's what 's pleasing . Henderson scores the only goal of the game as the ball cannons off his shin fortuitously . The England midfielder celebrates in front of Liverpool 's travelling contingent at the Liberty Stadium . 'Everybody 's doing their job , is organised and that makes life easy for a goalkeeper . 'We had to fight at Swansea to get through to 0-0 at half-time but the second half we got the goal and that came with putting a lot more pressure on the ball . ' Swansea defender Jordi Amat felt Garry Monk 's side paid the price for failing to turn their first-half superiority into a lead . The Spaniard played an unwitting role in Henderson 's winner as his attempted clearance clattered off the Liverpool midfielder and flew over Lukasz Fabianski in the Swansea goal . 'It was an unlucky goal for us , ' said Amat , who was making his first league start since September after Federico Fernandez had returned home to his native Argentina to attend personal matters . ' I do n't know what happened because I was on the floor but I think we deserved a draw . 'We were playing very well in the first half but we could n't score one or two goals . 'In the second half we suffered a little bit and we have to analyse that to see what happened . '
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