Sami says we are nowhere near our best

Sami believes our poor run of form is due to a lack of goals. However his is sure the problem won't last last as Nando is getting close to the sharpness required to convert the chances he is getting and Djib is now playing with more confidence:

"We've not played anything like our best yet. But we have been creating plenty of chances which is always encouraging," said Hyypia. "When you are at 1-0 a second goal can often kill the game and we haven't been able to do that consistently this season. It's all about confidence, especially for strikers, and so hopefully they will get a few more goals over the coming games. "There has been all sorts of stuff in the papers about Djibril supposedly wanting to leave but now I'm sure he'll be more confident and will show he can score many goals for us. "It's the same for Peter Crouch. He is a good player and has done very well for us. I've played against him so know how difficult that can be. "We know he can score goals but he has other strengths also. He is good in the air and, for a big man, is good on the ground also. Give him a few goals and he will do very well for us. "Then we have Fernando Morientes coming back from injury. He just needs to regain his confidence after being out for a while and we have already seen that he is getting in the right positions. He's had a few chances that he'd normally have put in, but an injury always affects your form. "Fernando is a very good player and he has shown in training that he is more than capable of scoring goals as he has in the past in Spain and France. It will come with him. Everybody just needs to be supportive of one another. "It's a team game and it's not only the attackers who are responsible for scoring goals. Everybody in the team has to play a part in that."

It's hard to draw too many positives from our recent performances but at least we are creating chances and Kewell had a decent game on Tuesday.

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