IAN HOLLOWAY has backed Liverpool to cheer up their fans by overcoming their current problems – but hopes it will be his Blackpool side providing the entertainment at Anfield tomorrow.

It has been a stuttering start to the campaign for the Reds, who have registered only one win so far in the Premier League and were eliminated at home in the Carling Cup by npower League Two outfit Northampton.

With uncertainty continuing to hang over the club with regard to its ownership, it would appear to be as good a time as any to take on the Merseysiders at Anfield, where Holloway has vowed his team will attack.

The Tangerines boss believes it will not be long before Liverpool rediscover their form, but wants his players to prevent that happening this weekend by putting on a show of their own.

“They have got all sorts of problems off the field which don’t help any football club and they need to get resolved for them to be the force that they need to be,” Holloway said of this weekend’s opponents.

“It is not that they want to be – they need to be, for their supporters, and I have got no doubt that will be the case in the future.

“But we have got to do our utmost to not let it be the case on Sunday.

“Sometimes when you attack it is the best form of defence because you can probe and hurt their weaknesses.