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Liverpool dominate & frustrate | EPL Striker Stats Comparison

As the stats show, Liverpool’s other strikers are barely weighing in either. Craig Bellamy’s holds his own amongst the premiere league’s top strikers in terms of conversion rate. But Kenny Dalglish is being careful not to overplay him. It would have been good to see him at least make an appearance at 60 minutes to give us a chance of making use of that superior finishing. Indeed, given Liverpool’s dominance in crosses and corners during the game, it’s hard to see why Carroll also wasn’t thrown into the mix earlier.

Suarez has shot more times than Aguero, Ba and Adebayor. We can but hope the goals come. Suarez is Liverpool’s focal point and arguably gets closer attention in the last 3rd than his peers in other teams. Team facing Aguero have to be bothered about Ballotelli, Dzeko and even Toure and Silva, who can all put the ball away, and have. Liverpool are suffering a goal drought across the board and it continues to show. There are only so many ways of saying we need to score more.

The spectre of Roy Hodgson is looming up behind us in the form of West Bromwich Albion being only 4 points and a game in hand away. But, and it is a big but, I for one am so much happier with what I am seeing on the pitch from Liverpool than back in those dark, face rubbing Hodgson days. We are playing football. Pass and move was so much in evidence even Arsene Wenger had to admit his team was being played off the park. Goals will come. We have a cup in the cabinet and another heart stopping moment or 2 in the memory banks courtesy of Kenny Dalglish.

It may be too late to secure 4th. But longer term this team needs to be looking to loftier ambitions than merely be qualifying for Europe. Everton qualified and fell at the first hurdle. A team has to not just scrape into the Champions League but put in performances that show they deserve to be there and progress. That is the team I saw on the pitch against Arsenal. Our scoring does not reflect the displays we are putting in. As Shankly said of Roger Hunt, we are getting in the right place to miss those chances. And when it comes right, I’ll still be there, heart in my mouth, always a Red. YNWA

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