Hodgson: Don't write Reds off yet

Roy Hodgson has backed Liverpool to bounce back from their recent woes and rekindle their title challenge.

The Reds went down to their fifth Barclays Premier League defeat of the season at Fulham on Saturday, but the Cottagers boss insists they have far too much quality at their disposal to be written off just yet.
 
"You never know. They are a very good team, very well organised," he said. "They have some very good players and are unlucky at the moment that their talisman Steven Gerrard isn't playing and (Fernando) Torres isn't 100 per cent fit and has to be nursed through the games.
 
"But I can see them going on a really good run when they win seven, eight, nine games in a row and if that was to coincide with one or two defeats for the other top teams they would soon be up there again.
 
"With a quarter of the season gone it is very early to be writing anybody off. I remember not so long ago Manchester United were lingering in the middle of the table almost halfway through the season and went on to win it."