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Liverpool boss Hodgson finding positives after Napoli trip

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson was proud of their stalemate at Napoli.

The Reds face Blackburn Rovers on Sunday still in the dropzone.

Having dismissed rumours speculating he was considering resigning because of their poor form Hodgson remains confident that with new ownership - New England Sports Ventures completed their £300million takeover a week ago - the corner can now be turned.

"We showed we are far from dead as a club by going to Naples and doing well as we have in other Europa League games," he said after a weakened team returned home with a valuable point thanks to a 0-0 draw in a hostile atmosphere at the Stadio San Paolo.

"We are going through a very bad passage at the moment and things have not gone our way for a variety of reasons.

"We are down at the bottom and desperately want to get away from there.

"But the new owners have done a lot for the club, they've given the club a lift and they did that before the Everton game (which Liverpool lost last Sunday).

"There was a certain buoyancy and a feelgood feeling and we can start to rebuild, put things right and get ourselves on a good footing once again.

"Of course Sunday is the ideal opportunity to do this.

"Unfortunately Blackburn will have something to say about that. They won't be lying down."

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