Aug 4, 2013; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; A ball lies on the field before the first half of the Internazionale and Valencia match at Metlife Stadium. Valencia won the match 4-0. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Liverpool has had a tremendous start to their season winning their first three games before a draw with Swansea City. Those 10 points have Liverpool sitting atop the English Premier League table for now. They’re clinging to a one point lead over Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur and staying ahead of the pack is crucial.
Date: September 21
Start Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Location: Liverpool, England
Stadium: Anfield
Live Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra
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Liverpool’s hot start has their fans and club optimistic and dreaming of ending their title drought and returning to the Champions League.
“I haven’t even considered that (a title challenge) at all – the only focus is the next game,” said Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers, via ESPN FC. “We’ll assess it after 10 games, see where we sit there, then the halfway point and we’ll probably have a more realistic idea of where we can be.
“At this moment, we’ve played four – won three and drawn one – and we’re in a good moment. There’s a lot more to come. We’ve made a good start. People will talk that it’s early stages, as will I, but these are hurdles you have to get over.”
In the EPL there are plenty of quality teams and hurdles.
“We’re on 10 points already; at the end of last season we finished on 61 points and we talked about those extra 10 points that might have taken us into the Champions League – at this early stage we’ve got them.”
Rodgers says Liverpool is far from perfect and still has a lot of improvements to make.
“I believe the team has still got a lot of improvements to make because of the nature of what I’ve seen in the games and the potential we have in the players.
“We’ve got to sustain that but I’m really happy that in these early stages we’ve shown at least potential.
“I think that potential can grow even more.”
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