Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has urged the club's supporters to give his summer signings time to adapt to the Reds' style of play.
Last season's title challengers have gotten off to a slow start to the current campaign, but the Northern Irishman is confident that his recent recruits will quickly improve.
"Once these players settle in and adapt and really understand how we work, I think we'll move back to where we were," The Mirror quotes Rodgers as saying.
"There will be frustration now, absolutely. No-one respects that more than me. We have to work hard to get them settled and bedded in."
He added: "I've got confidence in the new players. We believe they will be outstanding here but sometimes you can hit the ground running and sometimes it takes a wee bit of time."
Liverpool head into this weekend's Premier League meeting with West Bromwich Albion in 14th place in the table.
Mark Langshaw
