?We have to stay calm?: Jones rallies Liverpool before ?huge game? at Chelsea

• Midfielder urges teammates to ?work hard and run more?
  
• Champions will be without Alisson at Stamford Bridge

Curtis Jones has said Liverpool must improve the basics to correct their unconvincing run of form, including work rate and will-to-win, and believes they have enough world-class talent to ensure their problems will not deepen.

Liverpool visit Chelsea on Saturday looking to recover from two consecutive defeats, against Galatasaray in the Champions League and, before that, Crystal Palace in the Premier League. It is only the second time that Arne Slot has suffered back-to-back losses as head coach.
The champions produced another disjointed display in Istanbul where, despite dominating possession, the visitors rarely troubled Galatasaray?s goalkeeper, Ugurcan Cakir. Jones echoed Virgil van Dijk?s insistence that Liverpool have no reason to panic, but admitted Slot?s side must do more at all times to arrest their recent slide.

?If you look left and right, there?s world-class lads all around,? the midfielder said. ?But it is not all about that, it?s about lads who want to go and win. It?s OK if you?re nice on the ball and stuff like that but you have to go and win, work hard and run more. The lads know that, of course they do, but you have games like this and it won?t be the last as well. We would be mad to think we can turn up and just win these games. It?s about how much we want to win.
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