Roy Hodgson is worried after yesterday's defeat at Newcastle and says that his Liverpool team is losing confidence.
Hodgson could be losing more than that soon as speculation is starting to mount that Anfield's new owners are going to make a change in time for the opening of the January transfer window.
"Confidence is obviously a factor because the longer you go without winning away from home it plays on your confidence.
"We didn't produce a good enough performance to win the game. If you want to win a game away from home against a team like Newcastle you have to play at least as well as we did in the first half for the full 90 minutes.
"We didn't do that in the second half. We gave the ball away far too often and we kept giving the ball away. We didn't get anywhere near as good enough quality balls into their half like we did in the first half, and we gave away two very bad goals."
Hodgson continued on the Newcastle game: "This is a major setback and a major blow because we have been on a good run recently and played well.
"I thought we played well in the first half - we had most of the ball, asked a lot of questions of their back four and got into some good positions. I had high hopes we would continue to play well but I was disappointed with our second-half display.
"We let Newcastle back into the game and we conceded a second goal - the like of which you don't want to see as a manager. The ball should have been cleared on at least three occasions before Barton scored."
Next up for Liverpool is Hodgson's old club Fulham at Anfield on Saturday. Hodgson will be hoping that his old club doesn’t end his reign at his new one.
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