As usual, Liverpool’s league form hasn’t been going quite so well, this season. Though, I haven’t been following the season fairly closely, but their mid-table position would indicate that their title aspirations are taking a beating.

Its been a problem over the years with Liverpool. They don’t seem  motivated enough when it comes to the league. They just seem absolutely uninspired, be it against any team.

Quite possibly, the very reason of me being a Liverpool fan, is that Liverpool always seem to put in their best effort, even if that effort might go in vain. Yesterday, that was missing. They needed to win badly, they knew losing the match would destroy their title chances this season, and so there was a motivating factor. But regardless of such consequences, Liverpool were hardly playing as a team yesterday.  They had chances and all they did was squander them. Its not like Manchester United did not play well. They did. Its a question of Liverpool not playing at the level they ought to.

Really, is this the question of the umpteen team changes that Mr Benitez seems to be indulging in? Or the team formation, which I think is going horribly wrong. The football experts might know them better, and I am hardly familiar with the technicalities of the game. But for once, Gerrard seems to unhappy. He has yet to score, which is an absolute surprise, given his prolific form last season.

 There lies another core problem. Liverpool tend to depend on a single player to such extent, that without him they just can’t score goals. It happened when Michael Owen used to play, and now the situation is quite similar with Gerrard. Yes, the media tends to blow it out of proportion, but to some extent this is true. It is a problem, and they need to sort it out.

 Just read somewhere that Liverpool haven’t scored an away goal since August, and they have yet to score an away goal from open play this season. Those are worrying signs, and Liverpool do need to get their act together.