Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has moved to shrug off mounting concerns over his leadership by insisting his side will reverse the slide which has dented the club's European and domestic ambitions.
Liverpool, who are fighting to stay alive in the Champions League after slumping to Besiktas on Wednesday, entertain Premier League leaders Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday knowing defeat will virtually kill off their title ambitions.
Despite Benitez delivering the Champions League and FA Cup during his three-year reign, fans have started to question his tactics yet, on the eve of Arsenal's visit, the Spaniard insisted he did not feel under any added pressure.
"When I was at Valencia we won the title, but I was still under pressure," Benitez said.
"People expected from the beginning to win everything.
"Then in the season that we won the title for the second time I again found myself under pressure.
"Pressure is nothing new to me. You know that people are talking, but the only thing you can do is to remain focused.
"Is the pressure in England worse than in Spain? No."
Liverpool and Arsenal are unbeaten in the Premier League yet the two clubs could not be further apart in terms of confidence.
Wenger's side, who scored 10 goals in three games at Anfield last season on their way to eliminating Liverpool from both domestic cups, arrive on Merseyside having crushed Slavia Prague by seven goals in the Champions League in midweek, their 12th straight victory.
In contrast, Liverpool slipped to a desperate 2-1 defeat to Besiktas to leave themselves requiring victories in all three remaining group games to remain in the hunt for Europe's top prize.
Despite an unconvincing win over Everton seven days ago, they have won just once at home in the Premier League at Anfield, and co-owner Tom Hicks was forced to come out in support of Benitez's work in the wake of the Besiktas debacle.
Benitez, who is set to welcome back Spanish striker Fernando Torres from a thigh injury, remains defiant.
"There's a big difference to last season because I think we were 12 points behind Chelsea at this stage," he added.
"But I have confidence that we will beat Arsenal. That will leave us three points behind them. In the last three games we have shown character and now we have Steven Gerrard playing well while the likes of Torres are coming back from injury.
"The main managers need a lot of time to build a team to win the title and if every manager who spent money and did not win the title was sacked there would be lots of new managers every year.
"We have won titles in the last three years - the Champions League, the FA Cup and the Super Cup."
Arsenal start the weekend with a two-point cushion at the summit, but Wenger's side have yet to play any of the Premier League's 'Big Three'.
"I feel that, this year, if we repeat our record against the big teams, we'll be very difficult to catch," said the Arsenal manager.
"But that's the challenge we face from now on.
"We're in good condition to go to Liverpool and show how well we can do. I'm confident we will do that. It's easy to keep that hunger going because, at the moment, we've won nothing.
"This team has just started. After the Champions League final, we went through a frustrating season last year. Now they've matured. We are hungry, I can tell you.
"I've no doubt about that and I believe in our ability.
"We have to be faithful to the way we want to play the game on Sunday and dictate our game."