Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino is confident manager Jurgen Klopp can lift the players out of their current slump.

Liverpool have taken only two points from their last five home games after suffering a third successive Anfield league reverse for the first time since 1963.

"He is never negative," Firmino said of Klopp. "He's never let our heads go down, he's always been motivating the team, letting us know what we are capable of, what we demonstrated last year and for us to look ahead.

"He knows what we can achieve."

Liverpool are now feeling the effects of a litany of injuries this season, most notably at centre-back where Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip are likely to end the campaign having made only 20 Premier League starts between them.

And Firmino added: "It's difficult, isn't it? Unfortunately in football injuries are something that can always happen. It has affected us, of course.

"It was a great loss to our team to lose three great players in Virgil, Joe and (Diogo) Jota before Joel as they are all players who contribute a lot and show what they're capable of. But we're not negative about this.

"We always aim to think about the players available in the squad and look to do our best with the players we have. Always thinking positively, believing in our potential and what we can achieve."