Brendan Rodgers: Liverpool need to play with confidence at Anfield
Monday 21 September 2015 12:09, UK
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says his side need to play with more bravery and confidence at Anfield.
The Reds were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Norwich on Sunday, having been demolished 3-0 by West Ham their previous home game.
When Liverpool finished in the top four two seasons ago, they made Anfield a fortress, but Rodgers admits his new-look side will have to do that all over again.
"We have to build that confidence through training and games. It is just step by step," he said.
"You have to have courage and bravery to play here. There is a great history but embrace it. You have to play positive football.
"There was a feeling of anxiety when I came in but we made it a fortress. Now we are having to build it again."
Liverpool have now failed to win in the Premier League in three games and they sit 13th in the table after eight matches, four points behind fourth-placed Leicester City.
They welcomed back Daniel Sturridge for his first start since April after five months out following a hip operation; the striker playing 60 minutes against the Canaries.
And Rodgers said: "He is a way off full fitness but his presence and stature will give us something.
"It is about building his fitness. There is no pressure on him to do that."
