Following the goalless draw against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns yesterday afternoon, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has admitted that he must sign a new striker this summer.
With Daniel Sturridge out injured Rodgers started Mario Balotelli up front, but the 24-year-old could not manage a shot on target before being substituted for Fabio Borini in the 75th minute.
Following the Departure of Luis Suarez to Barcelona last summer and with Sturridge spending much of the time out injured the Reds have struggled for goals.
“We will look at it in the summer and it’s somewhere we will have to do some work on,” said Rodgers.
“I give credit to the players because they came out after a difficult result and performance last week [a 2-1 FA Cup semi-final defeat to Aston Villa] and showed great confidence.
“They defended well and attacked with all the invention and creativity as we possibly could.
“We just don’t score as many goals, it’s as simple as that. The players have given the same effort and attitude but we had two players last year [Luis Suarez and Sturridge] who played in the front three who got 50 plus goals and we don’t have it now.”
Rodgers also thinks the team still has a chance to get in the Champions League, but they must win their remaining five games.
“It’ll be very difficult. I felt of the six games we certainly needed to win five at least so now we have five to go and we’ll have to look to win them to give ourselves a chance,” he said.
“You never know what happens above you, that’s the thing with football, but what you have to do is make sure you keep the pressure on.
“This is a difficult place to come, Tony’s teams are strong, we have got a point and now we look to our game in hand in the week (against Hull) and look to get three points there.”
You can hear what else Rodgers had to say in the audio feed below.
