http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 boss, Brendan Rodgers, believes his side needs to be at their very best, if they are to get the better of Arsenal in their Premier League match on Sunday at Anfield.
The Merseyside outfit will lock horns with Arsene Wenger’s force, in what will be a crucial fixture for both the teams, given their slow starts to the campaign.
Liverpool have so far managed just a single point out of their first two games, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 are yet to net their first goal of the season, having played goalless draws against Sunderland and Stoke City.
However, the Northern Irishman was under no delusion about the task in hand on Sunday. He viewed the game as a crucial one for the both the teams, and felt that the North London side are still a force to be reckoned with, despite the exodus of their star
player, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380, this summer.
Arsenal finished third in the league table last season, despite getting off to a catastrophic start.
The Ulsterman told the reporters in an interview, “They won’t be vulnerable for their top-four position. They’ve been consistently in that top four for the last 15 years.”
“They finished there last year and I’m sure they will do the same this year.”
The Reds failed to pull off an expected eleventh-hour deal for the Fulham striker, Clint Dempsey, who instead opted to move to Tottenham Hotspur on the transfer deadline day.
Having lost the services of a handful of forwards – including http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Craig-Bellamy-c9471 and Maxi Rodriguez – Rodgers now faces a stiff challenge of coming to terms with his heavy spending English rivals.
The former Swansea City boss believed that the race for a top-four slot has become tougher than ever. Nonetheless, he was confident of managing the feat, despite having limited resources at his disposal, and claimed that he was up for the challenge.
“This is an incredible club. I love being here and the challenge of rebuilding this team. I’m used to working with limited resources but obviously the demands are greater here,” he added.
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