Evans: We must stick together
Roy Evans believes unity between the team and fans will help Liverpool reverse their fortunes in the Barclays Premier League.
Defeat at Newcastle meant the Reds ended the weekend in eighth position.
Evans - who managed the club between 1994 and 1998 - thinks the key to improving this standing is everyone concerned with Liverpool sticking together.
"You have to be positive," he told The Echo. "You have to stick together in times like this from the players, to the manager, the backroom staff and the supporters.
"It is always a difficult time when you go through periods like this as a manager. Especially as, being manager of a club like Liverpool, you know what it means to the fans. They are suffering at the moment, and having a hard time of it.
"And they have every right to be critical. That is part of being a fan. But at the end of the day, Liverpool still have a chance of winning the FA Cup, to go alongside the Carling Cup.
"Kenny is not stupid, he knows that his team have not performed to their capabilities of late.
"The league position is not what anyone at the club wants it to be, make no mistake, but my message to the supporters would be to stick together, and try to stay behind the team for the rest of the season. Because the team, the players, the manager, they need fans' support at times like this."