John Arne Riise has told Liverpool fans not to jump to early conclusions following the Reds' patchy start to the new Premiership season.
Despite collecting only four points from the first nine available Riise maintains the club are in good shape to improve on last season's Premiership performance - even though he insists the first aim has to be closing the massive gap which opened up between the Reds and Arsenal last year.
He said: "There's no point everyone jumping to conclusions about this season so early. We have a new manager and new players so it's going to take time.
"Last Sunday we had two players making their debut and that's never easy. It's hard enough for a team if only one player is new, so for two players to come in, especially at a place like Bolton which is always a very difficult match, was going to be tough.
"We all know we still have good qualities and a strong squad. We said at the start of the season we didn't want to look too far ahead and we're sticking by that.
"We play a game, move on and just look forward to the next game. The first ambition has always been to get closer to Arsenal and see what happens beyond that. It hasn't changed."
pretty much sums up our feelings I think, well said Johhny boy.
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