This season could be worse than last season if we dont splash cash on a striker
The Gaffer thinks different.....Brendan Rodgers believes Liverpool can compete in the Premier League - even without a natural goalscorer.
The Reds have not had a striker who can consistently deliver in front of goal since they sold Fernando Torres to Chelsea in a record £50million deal in January 2011.
Andy Carroll is currently out of favour at Anfield under Rodgers' new system, meaning his two main attacking options are Luis Suarez and Fabio Borini, neither of whom are considered to be purely goalscorers.
But the Liverpool chief insists he is not concerned about a lack of firepower.
"It is no good having a goalscorer scoring 30 goals and no-one else scores - I've always been against that theory," said the Reds boss.
"You are going to need upwards of 70-odd goals to be up around the Champions League [places].
"For me it is a team ethic. Luis Suarez will score goals, Steven Gerrard can score goals, young Fabio Borini will score goals - but we also need goals from our centre-halves.
"If you can get your centre-halves scoring five goals that will always add and then you are looking at your full-backs doing a bit more.
"It is a team responsibility, not just one player. You bring in one striker who can score you goals, which is great, but it's not good for the team if the rest don't score.
"For us it is trying to have players in different areas of the field who can cause a problem.
"But equally important is that at the other end you are not conceding goals.
"I think we have shown, apart from last week (in the 3-0 defeat at West Brom) when the game was broken when we went down to ten men, that we have a good mindset and been strong this year."
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