Liverpool (3-0-0) and Swansea City (1-2-0) will take the pitch today at 3:00 p.m. at Liberty Stadium in Wales for Barclays Premier League action. Live stream the action by clicking here.
Liverpool is undefeated so far this season, and enters today's match in third place in the Premier League standings. Coach Brendan Rodgers is trying to guide Liverpool to a top-four finish in the standings this year, in an attempt to return Liverpool to the Champions League.
Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup believes Rodgers has the ability to succeed in his quest. It is hard to say if they will finish in the top four," said Laudrup. "But they have started well, winning the first three games and beating Manchester United. We will still have to see how things will turn out as it is early in the season, but they are very close to Arsenal and Tottenham."
Laurdup also noticed a marked improvement from last year for Liverpool under Rodgers' guidance. "They are definitely a better side than last year, the players that came in last year have more experience, and they have added some quality in Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge, who have played a lot of games and settled in."
Rodgers himself is not concerned with how others are viewing Liverpool, nor is he focusing on an end game. He is stressing to his players the importance of focusing on each game individually.
"We're not worried. Our perception is what we think about ourselves," he said. "Football is very much about opinion. All we try to do here is work well, work honestly and work hard."
Rodgers also spoke a little bit about the difficult offseason Liverpool faced, and how the team is progressing to this point. "We showed in January we'd done the preparation to get players in and I think our form and everything about the club since then has been on the up. We have shown in all three of our games at some stage the qualities we want."
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