Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum believes the players put too much pressure on themselves as they sought to correct a run of poor results.

In the month from January 2 to February 4 the Reds won once (against SkyBet League Two side Plymouth) in just 10 matches as they exited two cup competitions and dropped out of the top four for the first time since September.

Wijnaldum thinks focusing on trying to get themselves out of that hole actually had the opposite effect and it was only the defeat at Hull which proved to be the turning point which led to a first league win of 2017 over Tottenham at the weekend.

"We are hurting from every poor performance and every bad result. That is how it is. You have to go on," said the Holland international after it emerged the players held a clear-the-air meeting last Thursday in an attempt to put things right again.