“When it’s a club like Liverpool out of form, it can get blown out of proportion.
“It’s good to see influential people like Kenny Dalglish backing Rafa and the team because it proves that everyone is together.
“Rafa’s done a fantastic job here and will continue to do so. A couple of bad results does not make him a bad manager or us a bad squad. To say that his job is on the line is ridiculous.”
Johnson has joined up with the England squad at Arsenal’s London Colney complex ahead of the trip to Qatar to face Brazil on Saturday, although the defender underwent a separate recovery session yesterday.
And on Monday’s draw with Birmingham, the right-back said: “We want to be winning these games and I felt we did more than enough to take three points but it just wasn’t to be.
“As long as we keep showing the togetherness and passion that we did here, then I am sure we will come through with a smile on our face. We’ve got a fantastic group of players here.“
