Kenny Dalglish has warned his players they need to vastly improve their efforts if they are to proceed to the Carling Cup final.
The Reds hold a one nil lead over Manchester City going into Wednesday's clash at Anfield but the boss has warned his players they need to improve dramatically from the performance which they produced against Bolton on Saturday.
"I don't think anybody can hide behind a performance like we had on Saturday and I don't think anyone would try to do that," he said.
"We have a slight advantage against City, we just need to go into the game and compete. It's not going to be a game that's going to be anything other than really difficult for us.
"The punters will be turning up, but we need to do something that's going to get the supporters on our side. We can't always leave it for them to lift us, sometimes we need to lift them."