Hodgson remains positive

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The Reds were humbled by League Two outfit Northampton on penalties on Wednesday at Anfield.
That defeat has intensified pressure on Liverpool, who are 16th in the Premier League, and their new manager, but he is determined to bounce back. Hodgson said: "I've had many disappointments. You can't work at 35 years at the level I have without having disappointments.

"Any criticism which comes my way and the team's, we have to accept because it is not acceptable to have a home game in the Carling Cup, against a team several divisions below you, and not come out with a victory.
"Wednesday was a really bad result for the club, it has knocked us backwards, and put us in a situation where we are heavily criticised - perhaps rightly so."Despite the adverse reaction in the media to the shock defeat, the Reds chief maintains the outlook is not as bleak as it appears.

He added: "Everyone predicted the start of the season was going to be difficult looking at our programme, players leaving and coming in and discussions about the future of the club."That is how it's proved to be. We've had some good moments - with five straight Europa League victories - but also bad ones, like the defeat at Manchester City and the one in the Carling Cup.

"It's been pretty much a mixed bag, but we'll live through the bad moments and over the course of the season we'll do well. "We are reading an awful lot into a bad result.
"If we'd had a positive result on Wednesday this would have been quite a positive press conference as people would have been talking about Manchester United, how well we did in the second half, but all of that flies out of the window."


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