James Milner insists the Liverpool squad are in full agreement with Jürgen Klopp’s assessment that improving home form is one of their immediate priorities.

In the wake of Saturday’s 4-1 demolition of Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, the Reds boss spoke of the need to start conjuring up similar performances and results in front of the Kop.

And ahead of consecutive home matches with Bordeaux and Swansea City this week, Milner explained it’s a desire that is shared by the players.

He told Liverpoolfc.com: “We’ve been through a lot already this season – we’ve had good results, poor results and a manager change. There’s been pressure at times and that’s what you expect playing for a massive club like Liverpool.

“But we’ve shown we can beat anyone in beating Chelsea and Man City away from home, and we’ve had a number of other good results away from home too.

“It’s probably only the home form that’s let us down, but in a way that’s a pleasing thing because we know what we need to try and change. If we can improve our home form, we won’t be too far away and we’ll be in the area of the table that we want to be.

“We’re improving, the manager has come in and changed the way we want to play and the longer we’re together, the better we’ll get at that I’m sure. There are a number of signings and injuries we’ve had this season, so it’ll take time for people to bed in and for us to get one or two back as well.

“All these things come into the reckoning, although no-one’s used the injuries as an excuse because the quality we’ve got throughout the squad means we’ve got a more-than-good-enough squad to deal with them.

“We’ve proven that, but it’s about getting the consistency and doing it week in, week out for 95 minutes every game. The quality is definitely there, as is the tempo, intensity and will to win.”

The key to Liverpool turning their home form around, Milner believes, is mentality.

And the vice-captain feels results such as Saturday’s at the Etihad should give the team the necessary confidence in their own talents to stay patient when things maybe aren’t going as planned on home soil.

“We will just take it one game at a time,” said Milner. “Winning every game is the aim with the quality we have in the squad.

“We’ve had home games where we’ve had lots of shots, but the ball hasn’t gone in for us and it’s been frustrating. But that’s football and something we can improve upon.

“It’s a lot different playing at home to away when teams come to Anfield and sit back, so it’s an area we can improve on.

“The other day [at City], with the amount of chances we created, we could have scored a good few more goals than we actually did. The worrying issue would be if you’re not having shots and not creating chances, but we have been and have just needed a bit of luck at times.

“Hopefully that can change and the boys can take confidence from the results we have had. At times, we’ve haven’t quite had the belief in ourselves that we are as good as we know we can be.

“It’s about having that belief because we have got a lot of quality in the squad, it’s an honest group of boys and everyone wants to work hard, learn and help each other out.

“If that belief is there, it’ll take us a long way and hopefully that confidence comes from a great result like Saturday.”

Next up for Milner and co is a Europa League tie with Bordeaux, where victory will secure a berth in the knockout phase of the competition.

He said: “It’s in our own hands and always has been. We’re more than capable of it and we just want to take this wave of confidence from the City game and make sure we keep it going and get a good home win. It’ll be important going into the weekend against Swansea.”