Javier Mascherano knows that Liverpool must make Anfield a fortress for the remainder of the season if they are to be successful in their quest for a top-four finish. Mascherano is aware of the importance of fixtures at Anfield and believes a winning run at home, with Everton, Blackburn, Portsmouth and Sunderland to visit before April, will build self-belief in what promises to be a tense conclusion to the season.
"If we can be really strong at Anfield, it will be really good for our confidence," he told Liverpool's official website.
"I believe that confidence is always about the result. If you don't get the result, your confidence will go down and if you do it increases. One goes hand-in-hand with the other. We need to look at the positive things and try to be positive as we look forward.
"Whether you are winning or losing, it is no good thinking too much about it because you have to look forward and you have to live in the present. The present for us is Bolton and we have to win the game on Saturday."
