Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson hopes fans give his new-look team time to bed down.
Hodgson is under scrutiny after just six points from six Barclays Premier League games and a calamitous Carling Cup defeat by Northampton.
He said: "We have probably the most passionate fans in the world. I have a lot of faith in them and they know how difficult it can be. But just now it seems the moment we're not flying, people are saying it's not good enough. I'm not saying it is, but everything is still very new here, a lot of new players and uncertainty about the owners. The players are going to find it very hard living up to expectations until they bed in.
"There can be no waving a wand and Liverpool suddenly dominating English football again."
