Liverpool's early season accumulation of three points from a possible nine has prompted the club's title-credential doubters to pen doom-mongering claims, yet former striker Ian Rush has tipped Rafael Benitez's Reds to bounce-back.
A resounding 4-0 win over Stoke City has separated respective 2-1 and 3-1 losses to top of the league Tottenham Hotspur and Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa.
Rush, 47, told The Daily Mail, "After losing only two games throughout the whole of last season, we’ve now managed to lose two in the space of just ten days.
"It means that Liverpool have to adopt a positive mental outlook in every game from here on in. The Reds were held to too many draws last season, but the margin for error in the modern title race is so slim that draws are no use any more.
"United won the title last season, despite losing four matches," stated Rush, "And that’s because they drew five fewer than Liverpool throughout the course of the campaign. The three points for a win format means that a defeat – even a home defeat as desperately disappointing as [Monday] night – is not as damaging as it might otherwise have been.
"That’s why I think it’s far too early to be writing Liverpool off as credible title challengers as some people already appear to be doing," he concluded.
Liverpool's next league clash is against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium.
A resounding 4-0 win over Stoke City has separated respective 2-1 and 3-1 losses to top of the league Tottenham Hotspur and Martin O'Neill's Aston Villa.
Rush, 47, told The Daily Mail, "After losing only two games throughout the whole of last season, we’ve now managed to lose two in the space of just ten days.
"It means that Liverpool have to adopt a positive mental outlook in every game from here on in. The Reds were held to too many draws last season, but the margin for error in the modern title race is so slim that draws are no use any more.
"United won the title last season, despite losing four matches," stated Rush, "And that’s because they drew five fewer than Liverpool throughout the course of the campaign. The three points for a win format means that a defeat – even a home defeat as desperately disappointing as [Monday] night – is not as damaging as it might otherwise have been.
"That’s why I think it’s far too early to be writing Liverpool off as credible title challengers as some people already appear to be doing," he concluded.
Liverpool's next league clash is against Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium.
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