Liverpool legend Graeme Souness insists there's no reason for Reds fans to panic after their slow season start.
Souness wrote for the Daily Mail: "I will never forget the headline in a national newspaper after Liverpool were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City at Anfield on Boxing Day of 1981, leaving us 12th in the First Division. 'The Empire is crumbling', it read. We went on to win the league.
"So, when I hear talk of this Liverpool team being past their best, I really do laugh. You would be a raving lunatic to suggest they are in need of a rebuild.
"Sportsmail ran the headline 'Who's in crisis now!' after they lost 2-1 at Manchester United on Monday. OK, I understand, there is a demand to focus on the big teams when they're not doing so well.
"But some of the reaction is naive - it is three games, for goodness sake. I accept what we're seeing is not the Liverpool of the past five seasons. But trust me, they will come good.
"They were written off last season in March and ended up missing out on the title by one point. They need to stick to what has made them so successful."