Liverpool winger Stewart Downing feels they can bounce back against Aston Villa.

With his former side visiting Anfield this weekend, Downing insists the Reds need to recover from three defeats in a row and start climbing the table before all thoughts turn to the semi-final.

"We need to concentrate on our league form," Downing told liverpoolfc.tv. "We want to go into the semi-final on the back of some good results.

"We did it well before the Carling Cup final. We put that match to the back of our minds and had a great result against Brighton.

"Even though it's Everton, it should be no different this time. Good results will help to build momentum like we did before. We want to take confidence into that game.

"These are winnable games but we have to go out there and do that because there have been a lot of winnable games we've lost out on this season."