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Liverpool Premier League Campaign Preview

When you analyse the goals for & against column in the completed Premier League table 2013/14, it’s not difficult to surmise where Liverpool’s run for the Championship went awry. A goals against statistic of 50 meant that the Merseyside club had only three other teams in the top eleven places who had conceded more than them.

Brendan Rodgers has tried to plug that gap (2nd placed Liverpool conceded 23 more than 3rd placed Chelsea) with the acquisition of Croatian central defender, Dejan Lovren. The ex-Southampton star was Saint’s player of the season last year with consistently excellent performances over his 31 Premier League appearances. The 61 successful tackles, 84 interceptions and 239 clearances are an indication of the Croat’s tenaciousness in defence, but the revealing stat of just 26 fouls committed (less than 1 per game, in fact 0.8) shows a player with a great reading of the game, something which centre-backs at the highest level must possess.

The Might Red’s 101 goals at the other end of the pitch was only 1 behind Champions, Manchester City, but the problem for Rodgers in this campaign is how to replace the 31 League goals that the now departed Luis Suarez scored for the Anfield club. Daniel Sturridge will have to push his PL goals tally to over 25 for the first time in his career if Liverpool are to mount another serious challenge for the title. Liverpool’s raid on the now decimated Southampton squad also included England stars Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana. The former will provide back-up to Sturridge and could easily weigh in with 15 goals, while the latter has been brought in for his assists and goals from midfield (6 & 9 last season) and to deepen Liverpool’s squad should there be any injuries to Raheem Sterling or Phillipe Coutinho.

Captain, Steven Gerrard, must put his World Cup woes and “slip-ups” behind him if he is to repeat his outstanding campaign (13 goals & 13 assists) last term from the base of midfield. The motivation and desire is strong for Gerrard to produce another swansong-like season and help Liverpool claim their first title since 1990. Lucas and Jordan Henderson are the energy of the midfield three, while 19 year old Sterling is likely to improve further on his 9 goals from wide and second striker positions, in what is only his second full season. Other exciting youngsters at Rodgers’ disposal are the summer signings of Serbian winger Lazar Markovic and German wide-man Emre Can, both 20 years old.

The £75m received for the troublesome Suarez appears to have been spent wisely, but whether these new recruits can replace the 31 goals & 12 assists that the Uruguayan striker provided, only time will tell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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