Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet insists choosing between an FA Cup victory and finishing in the top four would be like preferring one of his parents over the other.
With the Reds in semi-final action against Aston Villa on Sunday Brendan Rodgers' side could see the gap between themselves and fourth place - currently occupied by Manchester City - grow.
It has been suggested the cup competition can save their season, in-form playmaker Philippe Coutinho even suggested as much ahead of their quarter-final replay at Blackburn last week, but Mignolet does not see any reason why they should prioritise one over the other at the moment.
"The next game is the FA Cup semi-final so the focus is on that but you don't really choose between your mum and dad so we still have two things to play for and we will try to do that from now until the end of the season," said the Belgium international.
"We want to do both - let's hope we can do both. We have the FA Cup and league still to play for and we want to do well in every single game."
Mignolet has enjoyed a renaissance in his form which mirrored that of the team's results since returning to the starting line-up on St Stephen's Day after being dropped for a short spell.
He accepts his time out of the team gave him chance to make changes to his game, which involved being more dominant in his area and certainly more vocal with his team-mates.
"It is something we spoke about when I was out the team: to be more aggressive and be more dominant with defenders and be more commanding and demanding," he added.
"Last week I had family over and they asked me straight after the game if my voice had not gone because they do not normally hear me on the pitch.
"I have always been one who tries to give information to the defenders and for me to organise at set-pieces but it is maybe more the body language and the commanding voice to get the message over to the players which has changed a bit.
"It is something to do with my character as well which is a bit laid back so I had to make sure when I gave a signal it was commanding enough."
Mignolet is likely to be tested by Belgium team-mate Christian Benteke, who is enjoying his own return to form with eight goals in his last seven games.
"I've not spoken to Benteke this week but we spoke about it when we last met for internationals," said the goalkeeper. "We still had Blackburn to play at that stage but he knew if we were to progress it would be me and him.
"We know Aston Villa have aerial ability with two strikers up front and so it is something we have to deal with on Sunday.
"He (Benteke) has been scoring a couple of goals lately, together with (Gabriel) Agbonlahor they have a lot of pace up front. But we have to look at ourselves to perform. Villa come second."
Meanwhile, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers called for a sense of perspective after a week when young players Raheem Sterling and Jordon Ibe were splashed all over the front pages for off-field activities.
Pictures, dating back some months, emerged of the pair smoking a shisha pipe and came on the back of a video apparently showing Sterling inhaling laughing gas and seemingly passing out.
But Rodgers sprang to the defence of the players, aged just 20 and 19, insisting they should be given some leeway to make mistakes.
"I spoke to both players and they are fully aware of what has happened - and then we talked about football," said Rodgers. "I think both young players are aware of their responsibilities. All you can do is continually educate them.
"It is (about) perspective as well. If you look at Raheem he didn't do anything illegal. It was something he will look back on in years to come and it probably wasn't the wisest thing to do.
"But for me it is all about the welfare of the two young players; making them aware of the health issues which come with that and also about the professionalism and what they are representing.
"They will make mistakes, whether it is those two or other young players. In the main young footballers are good people, they do a lot of things which go unnoticed. Sometimes they get caught out but that is just youth and learning.
"We talk of players as being role models but I think the best role models in your life are parents and guardians - but we are not perfect either, we make mistakes.
"We learn and if we have to do that when we are older in life then certainly young players will do that and they need support in that."
Sterling will start Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa on Sunday but Ibe is cup-tied having previously played in the competition while on loan at Derby.
Defender Martin Skrtel will return after a three-match suspension but there is greater debate over whether captain Steven Gerrard, also returning from a ban but with just 27 minutes of football behind him since February 10 because of injury, should start.
Striker Daniel Sturridge is a major doubt with a hip injury which forced him to miss Monday's win over Newcastle.
"We will give Dan every possibility to be fit and we will see how he is tomorrow and take it from there," said Rodgers.
