Southampton manager Ronald Koeman (right) and Norwich City manager Alex Neil are on the sidelines during the Premier League game at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, August 30, 2015.
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The Belgian underlined his threat level with an acrobatic volley at Old Trafford last weekend in a losing cause for Brendan Rodgers’ men and Neil knows he is a big danger on Merseyside on Sunday.
“We have to be careful of avoiding a repeat of the West Ham game against Norwich as we don’t want to be chasing the game”.
“It’s something all teams go through when they’re really good and then when they don’t perform as well as they should do”.
With regard to the scrutiny Liverpool are under and their search for goals and points, Rodgers has emphasised the importance of staying calm.
Neil is not interested in factoring in the rich history that always accompanies the five-time European Cup winners.
Wins against Sunderland and Bournemouth, as well a draw against Stoke, mean the Canaries sit ninth in the table ahead of their trip to Anfield. “I tell the players regularly the worst that can happen is you lose the game, so why be scared?”
“And I’m pretty sure all those stats will change when we play against a few more of the bigger teams”.
“Bournemouth only lost their 1-0 and we were better than Bournemouth last week so we can take confidence from that”.
He said: “It has been a good start for us but we’d like to have more than seven points”.
Having frustrated at times with his desire to take so many touches on the ball, Lallana displayed the instinct and improvisation that persuaded Liverpool to pay £25m+ to secure his services last summer. “Sometimes we have been aggressive from the start, other times we have looked to counter-attack”.
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“The fact we’re disappointed by that shows how well we’ve done”. We have to be strong, don’t allow Liverpool to play their game and see if we can keep a clean sheet.
