Two-and-a-half months into the new season, Liverpool find themselves looking to reclaim a lost identity and scrambling to get into their best form after a stuttering start to the 2014/15 campaign.
The Reds have had vastly different fortunes on the domestic and European fronts in October: In the Premier League, they’ve secured two wins (against West Bromwich Albion and Queens Park Rangers) and a draw (against Hull City), while in the Champions League they’ve succumbed to two losses with no reply against Basel and Real Madrid. Their last-minute win against Swansea City in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday rounds off an unbeaten month in domestic action.
Compared with our preseason report card for every position in the team, things certainly look a lot less promising. That Daniel Sturridge’s injury has probably had the most impact on Liverpool’s results shows the importance of a league-leading striker’s fitness, as well as Brendan Rodgers’ failure to address his side’s over-reliance on one talisman.
Here’s an updated report card looking at the month of October 2014 for Liverpool. Given Rodgers’ penchant for changing tactical systems, we will look less specifically across the midfield and forward lines—but we’ll be selecting our stand-out performers, as well as those who most need improvement.
//from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/101pqkq
via IFTTT October 29, 2014 at 02:30AM
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