Liverpool are learning about Champions League requirements, admits Glen Johnson.
Johnson says balancing domestic football with a busy Champions League schedule has been difficult to come to terms with.
"We only had the Premier League to concentrate on last season while the other so-called top-four teams were playing games every four days. It was easier to keep everyone fit and we almost had our best eleven every week.
"With the game load this season, it is not going to be as simple. You will get more injuries and hard to have all the squad out on the training ground. We haven't picked as many results as when we started last season but that is down to the amount of games and losing a few bodies."
Liverpool have a glamour European fixture coming up against Real Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday but Johnson says they can't afford to think about that yet.
He added: "We have to treat the next game against QPR as the priority. We have to make sure we win that and then we can concentrate on Madrid. We have to do just as well in the league as we have in the Champions League."
