Liverpool midfielder Raul Meireles, has backed manager Roy Hodgson to turn the club's season around.
Reds fans are currently in the unfamiliar position of seeing their side in the relegation zone, as the team have picked up just nine points from their opening nine games.
However, Portugal international Meireles believes that the whole squad are backing Hodgson, and is confident there will soon be a rosier outlook at Anfield.
"I am enjoying playing for the manager a lot. He has everything to succeed at Liverpool,” Meireles told Liverpool’s official website.
"He is also a nice man because he always talks to us, he likes to know about our wellbeing and asks us about our family.
"Every day we are working hard in training and we all want to do well for the manager and get Liverpool back to the top as quickly as possible.
"He has some good ideas about how he wants us to play and I am confident things will turn around for the better.
"We have a good team. Sometimes in football things don't go the way you want, but we are working hard to put things right.
"It's a new team with a new coach and it sometimes takes time to get everything right.
"We have a lot of quality in this squad and some world-class players, so we have everything to get back to the top."
After a much-needed victory last weekend over Blackburn Rovers, Meireles feels that Liverpool will go into today’s game against Bolton Wanderers with a renewed sense of belief.
"I think every game in the Premier League is difficult but we had a good win and a good performance against Blackburn, so we will go to Bolton with a lot of confidence.
"It's very important we keep up our momentum and try and win this game. We want to be at the top of the league as soon as possible and we need to win every game.
"We know it will be a difficult game but we will be doing everything we can to get the victory."
Speaking on a personal level, Meireles said that he has relished the competitive all-action nature of the Premier League since joining Liverpool in the summer for £11.5 million from Porto.
"I knew the English game before I came here and for me this is one of the best leagues in the world," he said.
"I always wanted to play here and I'm really enjoying it at Liverpool.
"It's different to the Portuguese league. The pace of the game is faster and the action never stops.
"It is also more competitive but I like this and I'm looking forward to Sunday's game."
One feature of Liverpool’s poor start to the season has been the failure of striker Fernando Torres to recapture the dazzling form that he showed in his previous three seasons at Anfield.
However, Meireles has full faith in his team-mate to get back to finding the net on a regular basis following his winner against Blackburn last weekend.
"The whole team is happy because Fernando is a fantastic striker and he lives off goals," he said.
"He has been injured and it has taken some time to get back to his level, but I see Fernando working hard every day in training and he wants to help the team and score goals.
"Every day in training he scores a lot of goals and I am confident he will score a lot more for us this season."
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