'Chelsea win will boost confidence'

Glen Johnson says Liverpool will head into this weekend's clash with Manchester City buoyed by Sunday's Stamford Bridge success - and confident their excellent away form will soon be replicated at Anfield.

Kenny Dalglish's side have drawn their last three games in front of their own supporters but after the superb victory at Chelsea, confidence is high going into the game with Roberto Mancini's Barclays Premier League leaders.

The right-back insists a return to winning ways on home soil is just around the corner.

"Normally a team's best form is at home, but as long as we can start picking up a few more points at home and doing what we are doing away then we won't be too far away," said Johnson.

"We haven't been playing badly at home.

"We've created some fantastic chances and if we'd taken one of them in a few games then we'd have nine or 10 more points and it would make it a whole new ball game.

"We can take a lot of confidence from the result and performance against Chelsea and we are aiming for the top four - that's what we are fighting for."