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Didn’t qualify? The heat is coming down to get yourself back in the top four, right?

“Our fluency was much better in the second half and the rhythm in our game was good”. We’ve seen so many players in the past who do well at other clubs, and have fantastic goalscoring records and provide lots of assists – like Robbie Keane, Stewart Downing and Andy Carroll in recent years.

He could never stay and Liverpool were right to cash in but it must be a concern that the club has been forced to sell its two best players in successive seasons.

Who were you sad to see leave – and why? They have Sterling now and he will make them stronger but is he good enough to make them better than they were last season? Rodgers has already hinted that the Croatian, who failed to inspire anything by way of confidence during his first season on Merseyside, could be preferred in the trip to Stoke than the vastly superior Frenchman.

“I hope I can get the goal tally started quickly”. That it’s a prestigious tournament with real history-one Liverpool has real history in.

The Reds finished a disappointing sixth last season, but Clyne believes Brendan Rodgers will be targeting much loftier heights this time around. “They aren’t as far down the road as the other players but they have trained well”, Rodgers said. They have an incredibly tough run of games in the first couple of months, which could decide their fate in the league.

I think if Liverpool wanted to do that, they’d have to revise the wage structure. It was nothing to do with the opponent.

John Henry and the whole FSG gang have again backed Rodgers significantly this summer by spending big, £77.5 million splashed out on acquiring (at the time of writing) seven new players. Ibe is expected to be joined in the team by 18-year-old Joe Gomez, reward for the defender’s stellar showings in pre-season.

“He has worked over the off season and all the testing and analysis has underlined what great shape he’s in”. But, the fans would also like to see someone compete with him, so he can be more consistent.

Adam was there, in all his glory, scoring the fourth goal, making clever passes in midfield, enjoying himself immensely against the team that didn’t give him a fair chance and against the manager who was so adamant to discard him in the summer of 2012. “He’ll fit our tactical idea of the game and he can be a huge player for us”, said the manager.

“It was a surreal day, but we’re not expecting that again”, he added.

“My teams are about fluency, pace and movement, irrespective of how tall someone is”. With Danny Ings, and Divock Origi in the ranks as well, the strike options will look good, once Daniel Sturridge returns to full fitness.

The 23-year-old Firmino is a lesser known quantity to the European scene, but has been quietly plying his trade successfully at Hoffenheim for multiple seasons now, and seems a durable boost to the attack.

“We’ve been fantastic at home against the big teams so hopefully we can keep that going”. That, some suspect, is the way in which Rodgers prefers it, yet his team need to demonstrate more backbone.