Brendan Rodgers has backed Jurgen Klopp to banish Liverpool’s current slump.
Klopp replaced Rodgers as the Reds’ manager in October 2015 but is currently facing scrutiny on the back of Monday’s defeat to Leicester City.
Liverpool have won just twice in 12 games since the turn of 2017 and bowed out of the EFL Cup and FA Cup as well as fall away in their battle for the Premier League title.
But Rodgers, who took the club to the brink of winning the title in 2014, launched an impassioned defence of his successor to get it right.
He said: “All I know is that Liverpool is an incredible club, I went in there very young and I was able to have a great period.
“It didn’t end so well but we went very, very close to achieving a dream that has been ongoing for 20-odd years.
“I think what is important now is that when you’ve got a manager in place, you’ve got to trust him.
“The narrative can’t change every single day, you can’t be a good manager on a Monday and a very poor manager on a Tuesday.”
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“You have to trust that there’s going to be difficult periods,” he added.
“And with all due respect Liverpool probably have the fifth-highest budget in the Premier League.
“Expectancy is huge of course, because of the great history, but Jurgen Klopp, like I, I’m sure will be loving the job because it’s a real challenge to meet that expectation.
“But it’s a challenge that’s so worth it, because it’s such a great club.”