Monday 19 October 2009

Liverpool's championship hopes look beached

And what of Liverpool?

Here we are, nine games into the season, and Liverpool sit in eight position, seven points behind leaders Manchester United. Perhaps more significantly, Liverpool have lost four of their nine games so far this season.

In a season when (yet again) they were tipped for the top, it is a desperately disappointing start and, no club since 1964 has won the League having had so many defeats after nine games (that club was ... Liverpool, of course!).

Indeed, with the likes of Tottenham and Manchester City threatening to break into the top four, it is entirely conceivable that the mighty reds may fail to finish in the top four, thereby missing out on the Champions League next season.

The beach ball goal by Sunderland that defeated Liverpool on Saturday should not be held up as an excuse, and to be fair to manager Rafa Benitez, he did not try to do so. Without both Ferndando Torres and Steven Gerrard on Saturday, Liverpool's shortcomings were exposed, and Jamie Carragher said they would be "back to the training ground to get ready" for the next game against Lyon in the Champions League on Tuesday.

And next up in the league? Manchester United, at home, next Sunday.

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