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LIVERPOOL captain Steven Gerrard has urged anxious Reds fans to keep faith with their under-performing players.

The Reds salvaged a point with a last minute equaliser against Spurs yesterday, just three days after losing at home to Marseille in the Champions League.

But Gerrard declared: "I'm asking the fans to trust me when I say there's no crisis here.

"We have fantastic players and a world class manager and we will get things right again, there's no doubt about that.

"We haven't been ourselves of late, that's true.

"The results haven't been good and the performances could have been better.

"We're going through a dip in form which all top teams do at some stage and we just have to make sure we play our way through it. We're not performing to the standards we can do but that will change."

Gerrard was speaking at the opening of Jamie Carragher's Cafe Sports England in the city centre last night.

He added that the players were already focusing on the derby match at Goodison Park in a fortnight's time.

We've got an international break now which will give Rafa the chance to look at things and work with the players who are staying behind. For those of us going away, we have to get the jobs done with our countries and then come back ready for a massive match at Everton.

"If we can turn in a performance in the derby and win the game then things will be looking better again. That's what we'll be aiming for."