Liverpool forward Fernando Torres insists the best is still to come from the under-performing Reds this season. The 25-year-old has been frustrated by injury so far this season, although his goals-to-games ratio in the Premier League is still impressive.
Torres has netted 12 times in 14 league starts in what has been a poor campaign for Rafael Benitez's side, who currently lie seventh in the table.
With Liverpool also exiting the Champions League at the group stage, pressure is beginning to build on Benitez, but Torres insists there is still a long way to go this season.
"Unfortunately this season is not turning out how we had wanted, but our best is still to come," he said in the Liverpool Echo. "Let's hope that we can put a string of good performances together and that we can put right what we've not done so well up to now.
"And who knows, in May we might well be talking about how good a season it's been. We've still got objectives to aim for.
"We're virtually the same team that finished second in the Premier League last season and we're going to do everything we can to improve our situation."
The Spain international has scored 50 goals in the English top-flight since his big-money move from Atletico Madrid in July 2007, although he has yet to pick up a trophy since joining the Anfield outfit.
Torres was recently named in the Fifa World XI for 2009 but he insists he would trade in the award for success on Merseyside.
"Being included in the World XI without having won any silverware makes me even more motivated," he added. "What I mean is, though collectively we've not had the best of luck, on a personal note the balance is right and I'm doing my job well.
"I have to keep that going. We just need a little more luck as a team to be able to win a trophy.
"There are some big matches coming up and that way we'll be competing on a level playing field."
Liverpool's next game is an away trip to Stoke in the Premier League on Saturday, as they look to climb the table and fight for a top-four berth.