Liverpool must confront new ambition after sobering reality check

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Our Liverpool fan jury have their say on all the biggest Reds talking points of the past weekThe international break has probably come at the right time for Liverpool. Kinder-looking fixtures (emphasis on ‘looking’) in the weeks after the international break will bring their own challenges, but may enable additionally consistent building.Rhys BuchananThough it was a bleak watch and a real sucker punch following on from two really positive results, I won’t be too doom and gloom over our defeat against Man City last weekend.Sometimes when you’re struggling for form you just need that rub of the green which we just haven’t had at times this season.

You can only hope these will calls will even out across the season but right now it’s just not good enough.Anyway, the fact of the matter is that you do have to earn your luck and The Reds will have boarded flights to international duty questioning whether they really deserved anything from that performance.Luckily, upon our return, we have a run of fixtures that are more favourable than the tough run we’ve just been through. What we need is cruise control and steady, consistent performances.It’s almost like Liverpool pulled out their brand-new super car at the start of the season.

Although there have been some repair tweaks, we still do not have a smooth running of the Liverpool engine.The last football week was a representation of our season: a heavenly Madrid performance alongside a hellish City performance. We didn’t seem to have the hunger or spirit against Man City, which was all the more surprising given our spirited performance against Madrid.