so far so good.The 3-4-3 formation employed by Brendon Rodgers in recent weeks has resulted in some good results for the team. starting from a dismal start to the season & elimination from the ist round of champions league to the injury of Daniel Sturridge & some surprising summer signings Rodgers has been the target of fans this season.Although his expulsion has'nt been as loud as David moyes because fans still believe he has something in him special that took them to winning the title last year.But the road has'nt been easy for Rodgers so far.first of all he failed to sign any major impact player to replace luis suarez.Then, he surprised everyone by signing mario balotelli for ac milan for 16 million.It looked like a smart piece of business but controlling balotelli & taking out the best from him is a more difficult task.And it seems that Rodgers has failed in that task.Balotelli has'nt opened his goal scoring account in the league.Secondly,he was critisized for signing so many midfielders & the problem became more serious when sturridge got injured.That's may be one of a reason liverpool has been strugging to score goals this season which they were doing at ease last season.Then, the expulsion from ucl & winning just a single game & dismal performance against Real Madrid made the things worse for Rodgers.
Then a string of losses in the premier league made the noise louder that Rodgers should be sacked.Even the manager accepted in front of media that his job is at risk.But,when everything looked gloom with Rodgers he came up with a masterstroke.instead of going for his favoured 4-1-2-1-2 & 4-3-3 formation which he employed last season & earned a lot of success he went for the more challenging 3-4-3 formation.And now it seems like liverpool have hit some kind of form & togetherness which has been seen in their last few matches.They have not lost a match in their last 6 encounters.Rightly,starting from the 3-1 win against the cherries in the league cup,then a 96th min equaliser by skrtel drew with ars in which liverpool played with having a lot of possession,then a 4-1 win against swansea when they looked like just like last year's team to the 1-0 win last week to sunderland on the Road.
The midfielders who were criticized for their performances in the initial stages of the season are also coming good now.lallana whose season started with a injury is now finding some success alongside sterling in the forward line.coutinho who looked like he has lost his touch has got to his very best & has already started to make inroads into opposition defences & making that clever passes which earned him a lot of respect last season.It looks like the 3-4-3 formation suits him because he gets a lot of space in the middle.Then,the most criticized man lazar markovic is also playing superbly in his new found role as the left wing back.with making runs from the left side with pace to scoring a beautiful goal against sunderland he is winning th faith of his coach & fans.Raheem sterling has been the only bright player for liverpool in the initial but it looks like he is also enjoying more in this formation.
Now comes the most challenging part-The Defence.in 3-4-3 defending becomes very challenging as you have only 3 at the back.Even louis van gaal failed with his formation.But,surprisingly rodgers has got success with 3 defenders more than that his got with 4.with sakho,skrtel & can playing in the backline,the backline looks a lot more solid.The decision of keeping the struggling lovren out & bringing can at his position has been looked as a good decision by rodgers.
so now liverpool are just 4 points behind the top 4 & with sturridge returning in the coming weeks can liverpool & Rodgers turn this dismal season into a Top 4 season that remained to be seen.
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