Jordan Henderson has acknowledged that fan confidence levels in the team will have understandably dropped in recent weeks in response to a series of poor performances before and after the international break.
The Merseysiders will follow up Saturday’s 3-3 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion with another Champions League group stage tie, this time against Scottish Rangers.
“After a really tough opening game against Napoli, we responded well to that setback in Italy with a hard-earned but well-deserved win against Ajax in our last Champions League game,” the captain wrote in his column for the program of the day. According to the club’s official website.
“The performance we produced that night was by no means perfect, but we showed the kind of character, effort, spirit and determination that will be needed again tonight.
“To be frank, anything else is unlikely to be enough. We have to want him as much as the Rangers do and probably a little higher.
“I am not foolish enough to think that you will go through the turnstiles tonight feeling as confident in the team as you have in the last few seasons.
“Our form has not been good enough for this to be the case and it is up to us to change that so that the faith they have in us can be restored. After Saturday’s draw against Brighton, the manager said this is a period where we’ll have to work our way up and that’s perfect.”
It is fair to say that there were some positives to be drawn from the meeting with the Seagulls at the weekend, as they showed immense character to come from behind and put the club in position to take all three points after a desperate start to the game.
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Bottom line, it remains that we just can’t keep being that easy to play in the middle of the park and down the right side of our baseline.
Roberto De Zerbi’s men deserve a lot of credit for their ambition shown at Anfield, but the kind of gaps we showed the visitors in L4 need to be closed as soon as possible unless we wish to risk further embarrassment in key upcoming matches with Manchester City. and Arsenal. .
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