Is it only me who sees that liverpool are now playing the top4 standard football, in fact have been so since the arrival of Sturridge and Coutinho. Since January the team has really started to gel and it only seems to get better and better. Statistics show we were 4th in the league for points gained after 1st january until the finish of the season.
although stoke game was quite shaky, i think it was one of those games where you do everything right but one minor mistake almost changes the result. I was very happy with the quality of chances we were creating and the many patterns for attack as we kept going at their defense with great consistency and speed. I really think this team has got the character of a top four team because now we can pull out a win in a game like last week and more importantly we have so many ways of breaking defense and options of players and we look very comfortable doing so.
stoke on the first day of the season was always going to be tough. a half fit sturridge, three debutants starting(aspas, toure, mig), and pressure arising from no opening day match win in 5 years.. the conditions werent great but we still played very well and gained three points. Id be optimistic even if ending this window with no more addition because we have a strong starting 11, good cover(cissokho, aspas when suarez returns, allen, skrtel), and skillful emerging youngsters who have every chance of making an impact(alberto, borini, sterling, ibe, kelly, wisdom).
with no doubt a worldclass LW and a solid CB/DM will immediately put us on everyones lips for top four but for me the idea of growing a squad is very charming especially with the likes of sterling alberto ibe borini kelly so it would be worth a punt giving our current squad chance to meet the expectations. If only one of these youngsters, who are more than mediocre talents for sure, can hit their full potential, they will be our own Willian, Mhkitaryan, or Diego Costa. That is a different, but a very exciting way of going forward for the club.
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