Dirk Kuyt has called on Liverpool teammates to deliver victory over Wigan Athletic and relieve the pressure on manager Rafa Benitez.

Benitez has come in for heavy and sustained criticism this season but Kuyt said the players had to shoulder some of the burden.

"We want to change it and we will change it," said the Dutchman. "We know it is not the manager, we know it is not one player.

"We, all together, have to take the blame ourselves and take it on from there and change it as quickly as possible."