By Matt Jones
December 21 2005

Peruvian winger Nobby Solano is enjoying playing football once again after suffering from injury problems when he first returned to St James' Park - and is confident that Newcastle Untied can keep up their recent form as they prepare to take on Liverpool at Anfield on Boxing Day. Speaking to nufc.co.uk, Newcastle United's Official Website, Solano said: "It's going well for me.

"I was disappointed to be injured when I arrived, and it took me a couple of months to get fit.

"I was happy to finally get fit to play, and we had a good little run before the international break in November. It took us a while to get going after that and we lost three games in a row.

"We had to work hard, and I think when we drew against Aston Villa at home we took a lot of confidence after ending that run of defeats.

"We did well in the Arsenal game, and we followed that up with another win against West Ham.

"The confidence is good in the team now, and we're gradually moving up the table."

Nobby Solano, just like Michael Owen, is looking forward to the Boxing Day match away at Liverpool and added: "We don't go there in fear of them, although they have had a great run of results recently.

"They have just been to Japan for the World Club Championship games, so we will have to see if they can carry on where they left off before they went away.

"We are more concerned about how we play, and we have done well in our last three games.

"We have changed the way we play a bit, but we have got the results. We all work very hard for the team, we're always capable of scoring goals with Alan and Michael in the team, and we're defending as a team as well.

"It would be nice for us to come back from Liverpool with a win, because this is a busy time of the season and we want as many points as we can to give ourselves the opportunity of making further progress in the New Year."