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Liverpool FC – Raheem Sterling Ruins it for Brendan Rodgers
This awful season of disappointments and dreadful results in the big matches continues for Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers, although it could have been very different if Raheem Sterling was able to score at least one of his many wonderful chances, left alone to beat David de Gea.
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Liverpool FC – Glen Johnson Doesn’t F@#$ Up For Once
It’s a bad, disappointing and weird season for Liverpool. So weird that it turns out benching Steven Gerrard isn’t such a bad idea, and getting rescued by Glen Johnson twice in one match actually results in victory.
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Liverpool FC – Daniel Sturridge Injuries Ruining Their Season
Just when Liverpool were about to get Daniel Sturridge back from a month-long injury, bad news came, confirming that he’ll be out for at least three more weeks and maybe more. A team that almost won the Premier League last season is struggling to string two wins together, let alone look like title contenders as the season continues to slip away from them.
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Liverpool FC – Brendan Rodgers & Mario Balotelli Need Daniel Sturridge Badly
Another season for Liverpool, and once again they look like a one-man club. Daniel Sturridge isn’t playing, while Brendan Rodgers and his players, from Mario Balotelli in the front to his failing defensive line, are sinking to lows the team’s fans have grown quite accustomed to.
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Liverpool FC – Brendan Rodgers Needs to Stop Getting His Tactics Wrong
Once again Liverpool struggled creating chances and scoring goals, as Brendan Rodgers insists on playing with just one striker for most of the match, which means too much to do for Mario Balotelli, who looked a lot better in all of the instances when another forward was playing along side him.
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Liverpool FC: A Championship-Caliber Team or Not?
There’s no magic formula to winning championships. It’s never just about having a defense that rarely conceded and keeps clean sheets. It’s never just about scoring enough that no matter how bad your defense is, teams will never catch up to you. Each season brings a different set of stories, intangibles and deciding factors. Sometimes it’s just luck, as some like to see that day on April 27, when Liverpool lost 2-0 to Chelsea at home and the first place they gained two weeks earlier by beating Manchester City.
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Liverpool FC – Mario Balotelli Makes Daniel Sturridge & Raheem Sterling Better
With the craziness of the transfer deadline, the addition of Mario Balotelli suddenly seems like a minor one compared to what’s happening not so far from Liverpool. It doesn’t matter as the Italian proved something to Brendan Rodgers about the diamond system and playing with two strikers, making Daniel Sturridge a lot more effective and gives space to Raheem Sterling to shine and show his incredible ability.
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Liverpool FC – Brendan Rodgers Keeps Making the Same Mistakes
It’s not a disaster losing when visiting the toughest stadium the Premier League has to offer, but Liverpool should have done more than look incompetent on offense. Brendan Rodgers is fair to expect more from players like Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho, but more than anything, his tactical mistakes, coming in the same form for a second consecutive match, might have cost his team a better result or at least a more respectable performance.
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Liverpool FC – Mario Balotelli is Too Big of a Risk
There’s no argument that Liverpool are in need of another striker, but taking a risk on Mario Balotelli and signing him from AC Milan might be too big of one, and might end up backfiring for a young manager and team that more or less are on the right path to solidify long term success.
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Liverpool FC – Daniel Sturridge Needs a Striker Next to Him
Despite the enthusiasm, Raheem Sterling doesn’t create another SAS partnership with Daniel Sturridge. Liverpool, as their second half of an opening win clearly showed, need another striker to make their best formation work. Rickie Lambert might not be the best solution, but for now he’s the best solution for a dual-striker partnership the club has.