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There had far more success, for sure, in previous seasons, but it’s been quite a ride over the season, nonetheless.

The ending of the 13/14 season was painful for Liverpool – there’s no denying that.

Liverpool had their captain to thank for persuading Luis Suarez to stay, as the reality was that their status was far removed from the world-class status of their best player.



Re-integrating- him into the squad was of razor-sharp importance, as was borne out by the season.

After attempting to take a chunk out of Branislav Ivanovic, Suarez was still serving a ban as the season started, which left Daniel Sturridge up front by himself.

Liverpool started the season with three consecutive 1-0 wins – Sturridge scoring the winner each time.

Results were a bit mixed, but a 2-0 loss at Arsenal in November convinced Rodgers to shelve that particular tactical nuance.

Sturridge got injured, which forced his hand a little and led to a fluid front line of Suarez, Sterling and Coutinho.

A 5-0 win at Tottenham was a genuine highlight.

Jordan Henderson and one of Joe Allen or Lucas Leiva played tucked in in front of him, with either Sterling or Coutinho at the tip of the diamond behind Suarez and Sturridge up front.

Carnage ensued, which was exemplified by a bonkers 5-3 win at Stoke, a back-and-forth 4-3 win at home to Swansea and a hell-for-leather 6-3 win at Cardiff.
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