Liverpool legend Ian Rush believes that Liverpool’s poor performances away from home were the key in the Anfield Club having such a bad season. He wrote in his column for the Liverpool Echo:
“Looking back, there were too many days – like at Portsmouth and Wigan – when Liverpool just failed to perform and it was on the road we had most difficulty or, more accurately, it was against the ‘lesser teams’ away from home. True, results against Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United were not good enough – one win in six matches – but the teams around us, namely Tottenham, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Everton didn’t inflict too much damage to our ambitions. The problem, of course, came in failing to beat Wolves and Wigan, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Hull; dropping 12 points in those fixtures are effectively what has cost fourth place.”
Rush, who has recently rejoined the Reds as a Soccer School’s Ambassador, believes that the only real way to correct such a bad season is for investment to come into the club as quickly as possible.
