While Liverpool players are determined to give Steven Gerrard a perfect send off to his Anfield career by winning the FA Cup , there is a growing confidence within the camp there will be life after the iconic captain . Liverpool have won all six of the games that Gerrard has missed with a hamstring injury and the 3-4-3 formation used by Brendan Rodgers has made them look more like the vibrant side that chased Manchester City for the Premier League title last season . They have gone from mid-table to genuine Champions League hopefuls as a result . Steven Gerrard has been back in training ahead of Liverpool 's FA Cup quarter-final against Blackburn . Liverpool have won all six of the games that captain Gerrard has missed with a hamstring injury . Liverpool full back Alberto Moreno ( right ) believes the team can win the FA Cup for departing skipper Gerrard . Gerrard is in contention to return for Sunday 's FA Cup quarter-final against Blackburn Rovers but may find it hard to force his way back into the starting line-up . This season 's FA Cup final takes place on his 35th birthday and would be his final match for the club before he joins LA Galaxy . 'It 's always sad when someone is injured , you do n't wish that on anybody . But I think it is good that we have proved we can succeed without Steven , ' said Alberto Moreno , a £12million summer signing from Sevilla and a key member of the new-look side Rodgers is trying to assemble . 'We 've moved up the table and been winning matches . It shows that within this squad there are some top , top players to replace even the likes of Steven Gerrard , ' said Moreno , a left-back who has been pushed further forward into midfield in recent weeks . 'Whoever is injured , the player who comes into replace them puts themself on the line for the Liverpool cause . The morale and dynamic of the group has been very good . We 're playing well and we 've proved we can carry on without him . ' I think the new system we are playing has helped us intensify our play even more . It allows us to get lots of bodies forward when we are attacking , but we are safe in the knowledge of having three centre-backs covering as well as the two deep-lying midfielders . 'If we need to lend a hand as well , the wing-backs you can call them , we can drop back and support as well as get forward and support the attack . 'You have to point to the fact we have picked up a lot of victories and points since the system changed , and I guess it does allow us to be a little bit more intense . But it was n't as if we were n't trying to play with intensity before , we were just inconsistent and dropped points we should n't have done . ' Of course , Moreno is not dismissing the contribution of Gerrard to Liverpool over the years , and is using the captain 's impending departure as an extra incentive to lift a trophy . Fresh from Sevilla , where he won the Europa League last season , the energetic 22-year-old is almost in awe of Gerrard . Moreno ( centre ) believes FA Cup glory would be a perfect way for Gerrard to finish his time at Liverpool . Gerrard ( left ) sustained his hamstring injury in Liverpool 's 3-2 victory over Tottenham at Anfield last month . Gerrard ( left ) has lifted the FA Cup twice before as a Liverpool player and is eager to win it one more time . 'It will stick in my memory that I 've had a chance to play and train with one of the best players in the world , ' he says . 'The Spanish have a word 'crack ' to describe a big star , 'Supercrack ' means megastar and that is Steven . I have watched him play since I was a boy and now I 've had the fortune to not just share a dressing room with him , but to train and play alongside him . He was one of my idols growing up . 'To win the FA Cup would be the perfect present for him , would n't it ? To be able to leave the club with a trophy under his belt , that would be fantastic for Steven . But not just for him , it would be a great thing for the team and for the fans as well . '
ben Moreno wants to win the challenge Cup for departing Steven Gerrard . former captain Gerrard missed the last two games with injury . He will return for the FA Cup semi - final v Blackburn on penalties .