JAVIER Mascherano wants Liverpool to follow Argentina’s example, insisting the under-pressure Reds must forget about their four successive defeats and concentrate on beating Manchester United tomorrow.

The midfielder wants Liverpool - in the midst of their worst run for 22 years - to be inspired by Argentina’s last-ditch qualification for the 2010 World Cup finals ahead of the Barclays Premier League clash at Anfield.

Boss Rafael Benitez’s management has been openly questioned this week, although Mascherano has made it clear that the fault lies with the players, not the manager.

And the Argentina captain can see a parallel between his country’s dramatic late qualification for South Africa and Liverpool’s current crisis.

He said: “I am relaxed now that Argentina have qualified for the World Cup finals, I can concentrate only on Liverpool.

“I can think of Liverpool and not Argentina. This is not a good situation at the club, and I want to give Liverpool my best.

“I am captain of my country, and we were really under pressure in the final two qualifying games; people said we were out, that was very difficult.

“But we won both those games. We have qualified. Maybe it will be the same for Liverpool now if we start to win, things will start to happen for us like they did for my country.

“We must not think of the past. We must beat United for ourselves, for our supporters, for the team. We must keep going.”