Daniel Agger insists that Brendan Rodgers’ brand of football is a step in the right direction for Liverpool, but anticipated the difficult start the club has endured.
Liverpool sealed their place in the fourth round of the Capital One Cup on Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory over West Brom, courtesy of a Nuri Sahin brace. Prior to that, Liverpool had mustered just two points from their opening five fixtures in the league, picking up two draws and three defeats to leave them languishing at the foot of the table.
Rodgers has been attempting to revolutionize the way the Merseyside club play football this season, making efforts to instill better ball retention and greater tenacity in pressing their opponents, a design many liken to Spain’s ‘tika tika’ formula. Danish international Agger is confident that things will click soon enough at Anfield, and the club will begin to reap the awards of playing attractive football.
"I like the manager’s system and his style of football," the defender told the Liverpool Daily Post. "It’s the kind of system I like to play so I’m more than happy.
"And I also think it’s the right way for Liverpool Football Club – it’s the style of football Liverpool should play.
"Of course the most important thing is to get the results but if you can do that and at the same time play with a good style of football, good possession and aggression, that’s a bonus.
Given Liverpool’s stuttering start, which has been exacerbated by their limited striking options up front, there had been early signs of frustration emanating from Anfield. But 27-year-old Agger insists improvement is being made each day, and the club will soon be taking their chances to climb back up the Premier League.
It has been difficult but we knew that before we started," Agger continued. "We knew that we were trying to adapt to a new system and a new way of playing, so it was going to take some time.
"But I really think we are moving forward now. We dominated the fixture last weekend but at the end of the day we need to start collecting some points.
"I see signs every day in training and in the game that we are going the right way. We need to be a little bit more clinical and make sure we get the result when we deserve it.
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