More dropped points at Anfield - is it too early for Liverpool to worry?

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For just the third time in 63 years, Liverpool have failed to win both of their opening home games of a league season - not exactly the flying start new boss Andoni Iraola would have been dreaming of.After such an encouraging midweek performance against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, full of urgency, Saturday's goalless draw against Fulham was a flat follow-up, especially with the Cottagers lacking in confidence and having conceded seven goals in their first three league games.The Reds looked physically and mentally tired and, to put it bluntly, like an entirely different team to the one that won against a Diego Simeone side that made it to the Champions League semi-finals last season. Iraola said: "What was lacking was quite clear, it is the first game we had problems to create chances and score goals and make the difference offensively, and that is the main reason we couldn't create chances."His side are still unbeaten and it is hardly a crisis, but he will look at a return of six points from their first four Premier League games as disappointing, particularly by dropping four points at home to Nottingham Forest and Fulham, with another draw coming at Newcastle and their sole success at Ipswich.Keeper Alisson told Sky Sports: "We are not happy at all with the draw.

To be unbeaten, but with three draws, is not something to celebrate too much with this shirt."If we want to do something special [this season] we have to cope with playing a game Wednesday, Saturday and then Tuesday. Inside we have it, but we have to just put it out and put more energy on the pitch."The £364m attacking trio of Alexander Isak, Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz started together for the first time in a league game and although Liverpool had decent chances, they created nowhere near enough.

I only remember one clear chance [for Fulham] and we kept the structure but offensively we need to do much better."Before the game against Atletico Madrid, Iraola was asked about how he sought to strike the right balance, with the intensity levels he craves and such a busy schedule.His response was he didn't want his players to save energy because they had another game in three days."You play 55 minutes for me and you are dead and ask for a sub, then perfect," said Iraola. This is the worst turnaround in terms of 60 or 70 hours [since the last game], but this is going to happen in the season and we have to adapt and it is these kind of games that you need to win sometimes with a set-play or a moment of brilliance."It is still early, but already there is a realisation from Iraola and his players that when they have such short turnarounds between games, perhaps it is a case of adapting and finding ways to get a result.