Javier Mascherano wants Liverpool to be inspired by Argentina's last-ditch qualification for the 2010 World Cup finals ahead of the Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester United at Anfield. He said: "I am relaxed now that Argentina have qualified for the World Cup finals, I can concentrate only on Liverpool.
"I can think of Liverpool and not Argentina. This is not a good situation at the club, and I want to give Liverpool my best.
"I am captain of my country, and we were really under pressure in the final two qualifying games; people said we were out, that was very difficult.
"But we won both those games. We have qualified. Maybe it will be the same for Liverpool now if we start to win, things will start to happen for us like they did for my country.
"We must not think of the past. We must beat United for ourselves, for our supporters, for the team. We must keep going."
Liverpool go into the game on the back of four successive defeats.
Mascherano added: "We have a very important game now with Manchester United. We must stop thinking and worrying about what happened against Lyon.
"If we can beat United then the confidence will be back, it is important to do that.
"We beat them twice last season. We know what we are capable of. Hopefully our form will be like that on Sunday.
"We have to do the right things and put away our chances.
"It is a difficult situation, we have lost four in a row. But do not forget that is a team who last season were doing very well, we must keep going and working.
"We must win the next game, against Manchester United. If you have confidence you can do anything.
"The team is not playing well, and a lot of players are not in the best form. That is not good and we are losing confidence, but we have to believe that we can overcome this."
