Liverpool football club’s American owners have revealed to the team’s supporters that they are encouraged by recent ‘positive’ performances.
Although manager Brendan Rodgers had been under recent scrutiny with his team 11th in the Premier League and out of the Champions League at the group stages, successive league wins have lifted Liverpool to eighth, five points adrift of fourth-placed Southampton.
Liverpool’s chairman Tom Werner said that they are pleased to see a number of positive signs as new players start to settle. The club was in sight of its first Premier League title last term before finishing runners-up, two points behind champions Manchester City, the BBC reported.
Werner also said that there was much to celebrate during their memorable season that ended in May, adding that while they did not achieve their ultimate ambition in winning the Premier League, their style of play captured the attention of the world as the club played attacking football, scoring 101 goals.
After the departure of star striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona in July, Liverpool recruited a series of players in the summer, that included Southampton trio of Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren.
The owners admitted that as one would expect, losing a footballer as capable as Suarez and making a number of new signings, their season has gotten off to a slower start than they would have wanted.
—ANI