Rodgers under pressure

London. — After six games of the Barclays Premier League season, Liverpool remain below all three promoted teams and that perhaps says everything about the uncertainty of life at Anfield these days. After the misery of surrender at Old Trafford eight days earlier and with tougher engagements than this ahead of them, this was a day that required Liverpool to bolster their confidence with some positive football and maybe a few goals.

For a while it looked as though Brendan Rodgers’ team may edge home if not in style but at least in comfort.

Substitute Danny Ings scored his first Liverpool goal early in the second half and the home team looked set to ease away from a Norwich team that had not lacked ambition but had not really troubled them either.

There is nothing certain about the modern Liverpool, though.

They remain a rather flighty team and just after the hour they proceeded to gift Norwich a way back in to the game when goalkeeper Simon Mignolet flapped at a corner and visiting captain and central defender Russell Martin volleyed the ball in.

As Liverpool struggled last season, Mignolet was consistently fundamental to the problem.

An honest goalkeeper capable of impressive reaction saves — he made one from Matt Jarvis just minutes after the equaliser — the Belgian nevertheless makes too many mistakes to play for a club like this. — MailOnline.

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