Its a fair point, that. Lets face the facts, if Liverpool are gonna challenge the big three then, they are gonna have too make sure they dont lose more than Five or Six games, especially if they L.F.C wanna win the League Title...
Patrick
You should Watch The Blue Half, They Are Magic......
Anfield title bid dismissed by Stubbs Aug 22 2005 By Ian Doyle Daily Post Staff ALAN STUBBS believes Liverpool will struggle to mount a realistic championship challenge this season. Rafael Benitez's side laboured to a 1-0 victory over newlypromoted Sunderland at the weekend. And while Black Cats defender Stubbs is sure Liverpool will improve on last season's fifth-placed Premiership finish, he has cast doubt on their ability to seriously challenge Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United.
"I don't think anyone thought they were going to win the European Cup, and you have to be honest about that," said Stubbs. "It was a disappointing year for them in the league to finish out of the Champions League places and pressure is now on for them. "Whether they can challenge the big two, I cannot see it. But they will do better than last season. When you have the players that Liverpool have, you would have expected them to do better than last year." Of Saturday's game, the former Everton centre-back added: "Liverpool looked a bit riled at times and they knew it was not going to be easy. Other than the goal, our keeper has not had a save to make. We are happy with the performance, but not the result. "Playing at Anfield was an eye-opener for many of the younger players and a lot of it is to do with concentration." Benitez conceded his side had laboured to the victory after Xabi Alonso's 24th-minute free-kick had sent them on their way. "I was worried because we were winning but we needed the second goal to kill the game," said the Liverpool manager. "We created some chances but I was trying to put pressure on the team and keep them at a higher tempo as I thought they were relaxing a bit. "Sometimes you can score from bad shots, but we created clear chances but could not score. We must continue creating chances and hope it'll be better next time. "I wanted to play with the two strikers and the likes of Gerrard behind them getting into the box. We needed to change in the second half and made a few changes and I think we controlled the game better." Benitez added: "The most important thing after not playing well was that we still took all three points. "I was a little disappointed that we didn't score more goals but at the end we had three points and are still unbeaten without conceding in the league so far. "It is too early to be frustrated by a lack of goals and a performance like that. Coming straight after an international week it is only the win that is important. It is hard to find players with fresh legs. For them to play 90 minutes for their country and then come straight into another high tempo game is not easy."
