Liverpool boss, Brendan Rodgers, believes his side can still go on to qualify for the Champions League this season, but admitted he will need to bolster the squad in January for that to happen.
The Northern Irishman also set Tottenham Hotspur as an example for the Reds to follow, highlighting the progress that they had made over the last couple of terms, and urged them to follow their footsteps.
The Merseyside outfit who have got 5 European titles to their names – more than any other team in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 –have failed to secure a CL berth in their past three attempts.
Last season, the team finished at a miserable eighth place under the management of Kenny Dalglish. And after getting their current season off to shaky start, they find themselves in the worse half of the table and are 9 points adrift of fourth-ranked http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786.
Although their current league standing of 11th might present a gloomy picture, the Anfield chief was confident of changing things around in the second half of the term.
However, he confessed that his side are in desperate need of reinforcements during the January window and that he faces a challenging task of luring the top players to Anfield.
“Of course Liverpool want to be in for the top players and top talents and this is a club which will bring those players here,” he told the reporters in an interview.
“But obviously a lot of players want to be in the Champions League so if they want to come in here that is an area we want to get into in the coming years.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 will play Andre Villas Boas’ Tottenham on Wednesday night at the White Hart Lane aiming to force their way up into the top half of the table by chalking out all three points.
The London-based outfit are one of the top contenders for a European slot this campaign. The team have shown gradual improvement over the last couple of seasons. Last season, they finished at the fourth place.
Rodgers called upon the Reds to take a leaf out of Spurs book in their pursuit of a CL place, praising the remarkable work of their management and owners for building a strong model at the club.
“Tottenham have been building the group steadily and have worked their way up the league to become challengers for those Champions League positions,” he added.
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