He said: "Joe Fagan once said to me that the best way to answer your critics is by performing on the pitch and that's exactly what Liverpool have done this week.
"I was really critical of them after the game at Southampton but I was full of praise for them after the 2-1 win at Charlton because that's the sort of performance I want to see from Liverpool.
"Liverpool must take heart from the last couple of matches and I just hope they can now finally go on that run of seven or eight matches undefeated. That's what it is all about.
"What we've got to do now is make sure we get that fourth place, try and get past Leverkusen in the Champions League and try and win the Carling Cup final against Chelsea.
"That gives Liverpool supporters something to look forward to after an unmitigated disaster against Southampton which was that bad I feared they might never come back from it.
"But, to be fair to the manager, he's had meetings and thrashed things out and that's a sign of good management because the team has bounced back."