Liverpool hero Ray Houghton fears his old club is going backwards.

Houghton was questioned whether Liverpool are progressing under Brendan Rodgers during an interview on talkSPORT.

He said: "Last season Liverpool finished second and could have won the league. This season they're 19 points off top spot. That's a huge change.

"The fans want to see trophies and they've missed out in two semi-finals, one where they were unlucky against Chelsea [in the Capital One Cup], whereas against Aston Villa [in the FA Cup] they were second best.

"There needs to be progress and the fans have to believe the owners are going to give the manager money to compete next season. That's what they'll be looking at.

"If Brendan Rodgers moved on, they will still need funding to go out and improve the squad."