Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits they're struggling to recover from losing Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the summer.

This is a different Liverpool team, still adapting to life without Suarez and the injured Daniel Sturridge, who has been forced to go to Boston for treatment on his troublesome thigh injury.

"I think they were 60-70 per cent of our goals those two. You take them out of any team in the world and it's going to be tough and it has been," said Gerrard. "But I think this is where you find out what kind of players you've got in the dressing room. It's time to roll your sleeves up and fight for the club and try to put it right as soon as possible and that's what we're trying to do.

"We made mistakes against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday and we got punished by world-class players,' he added. 'The first half against Bournemouth was probably as close as we've come to last season's standards.

"It's been tough to perform of late because we haven't played well as a team, but if we keep giving everything we've got then I'm sure the good days are not too far away.

"If we can get a big result against Arsenal and build on this, then I think we can turn it around."