Monday, 22nd September, 2014
Raheem Sterling has insisted that Liverpool cannot use the excuse of a European hangover for their lacklustre performances in the Premier League.
The Reds have lost three of their first five league games and are currently eleventh in the Premier League table on six points.
Sterling, one of the bright young talents in the Liverpool team, stressed that they cannot hide behind the excuse of a European hangover for too long as there are other teams in the league who are involved in Europe.
He insisted that the Reds need to adapt quickly if they want to continue to compete on both the domestic front and in the Champions League as most elite teams do.
"We can't use playing in the Champions League as an excuse because there are other teams in the Premier League doing exactly the same as us who are winning games", the forward told the club’s official site.
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"The games are coming thick and fast but that's what we want – to be competing at the top end of the Premier League and in the Champions League.
"What it means now is that after the second recovery day after a game we're straight back into another game. That's the way it's going to be this season and that's something we need to get used to.”
Liverpool will look to get their domestic season back on track when they take on Everton next Saturday in this season’s first Merseyside derby at Anfield.
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