Graeme Souness has implored Liverpool's key players to stand up and be counted.
The Reds are struggling in ninth place on the Premier League table having won just six of their first 15 matches with many of their star players underperforming.
As Brendan Rodgers prepares his side for Sunday's trip to third-placed Manchester United, former Anfield ace Souness wants the Reds' more senior players, such as captain Steven Gerrard, to start helping put consistent performances together in order to climb the standings.
"What you hope as a Liverpool supporter - and certainly what I hope as a Liverpool supporter - is that some of the big players stand up and are counted at the weekend, as going to Old Trafford, even when we were dominant, was never an easy game for Liverpool," said Sky Sports pundit Souness.
"Steven Gerrard is the one very special player that Liverpool have got, and he has been for the last 10 years, and time and time again he has got big goals in big games for them.
"And even at 34 you would argue that he is still their biggest influence.
"So hopefully that is the same at the weekend and he turns up at Old Trafford and whether it is a free kick, a magic pass, or he fires one in from 25 yards, they need someone to spark their season and he is the most likely one who can do that."
