Brendan Rodgers Has Master Plan to Help Liverpool Improve Finishing

Brendan Rodgers has set his sights on making Liverpool more clinical in front of goal, and the new manager has a plan in place to help hit his target.

Rodgers feels a break from the more conventional 4-4-2 formation could spark the goal rush Reds fans so craved in the Barclays Premier League last time round, when the woodwork proved to be one of the team’s fiercest adversaries.

And the Ulsterman believes changing aspects of the Reds’ on-field approach can add extra fluidity in the final third and give more players the chance to get amongst the goals.

“I want to bring more goals into the group,” Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo from the Reds’ Boston base. “That can help the group. That is what this season is about.

“People talk about the goalscoring last year. They talk about playing two strikers or one striker, but it’s about your players.

“For a lot of last season the team played 4-4-2. People cry out about playing two strikers up front, yet everyone at the end of the season said we didn’t score enough.

“With 4-3-3 you play with three strikers, depending on the types they are — whether it’s one up and two wide or one up and two more narrow.

“That means the draws can turn into wins and the losses turn into draws. If we can get goals into the team and keep our stability from behind then hopefully we can fly.”

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