Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes his side are ready to roll up their sleeves to fix their season.
The Reds have shown some glimpses of their old selves, but have often reverted to a poor level of form.
For instance, they defeated Manchester City in the Premier League, only to lose to Nottingham Forest a week later this past weekend.
Speaking to reporters ahead of a Champions League tie with Ajax, Klopp stated: "The job is always quite stressful.
"But if you win all the time, it's nicer! Life around winning football games is much better. Can I explain it? Yeah, it's a mix of a few things we can see. You see the performances and they are not as consistent as they were, but there are explanations for that.
"Injuries are a little bit, but in the very beginning, we played against Man City, played very well [in the Community Shield], then started the Premier League against Fulham and didn't play well. Then we played against Crystal Palace at home, played well for very early in the season, but got a red card and drew the game.
"Then already we were a little bit playing catch-up with everything. We couldn't put in consistent performances so far, that's the point we know, but we were actually in a good moment until we lost against Nottingham Forest in a strange game with a lot of problems for us.
"Some players were injured, some players were not allowed to play but were there, let me say it like this, and then you play against a deep-defending side and you lose from a set-piece when you should win. So, do I expect us to play better consistently? Yes. Am I ready to make the necessary steps to get there? Yes.
"Very good performances on a consistent level don't fall off trees, you have to work for it and go for it in the long term. That's what we are doing, we are working on trying to turn each screw without being nervous or thinking it is going against us. We know it is a difficult situation, it will be difficult again tomorrow away against Ajax, but I think it makes sense anyway to be optimistic, and that's what I am.
"In this competition it's not that big so far, we lost one and we won one! First away game was Fulham, not a good game. Actually, the first away game was City (Community Shield), a very good game! But no, I have not thought about it, to be honest.
"It's not in my mind, sitting here thinking we have an away problem and I have to say something special for tomorrow. I prepare the team for a very important football game. Sorry, I am not prepared for this question at this moment. I've had other things to do the last few days."
