Liverpool No2 Colin Pascoe says Mario Balotelli is working hard on the training pitch.
Balotelli is yet to score in the Premier League this season.
Asked at the pre-match press conference on Monday about the effect the attention focused upon Balotelli was having on the 24-year-old, Pascoe said: "Nothing really.
"He works hard, he is a great talent and every day on the training pitch you can see he wants to do more. At the end he is always asking to do more things.
"Everything will be alright with Mario because you know his hunger is there and he wants to win.
"After every training session he wants to do shooting, passing - he wants to do everything, to work on his game. We as coaches will help him that way."
