Liverpool's failure to create a single away goal, despite having plenty of chances, could become its own regret at the end of the second leg.
Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, kept his opinion to the public and expressed his belief to turn things around this party. No harm in hoping. But a 2-0 defeat in Russia last week to make the team hopes Liverpool in the Europa League is quite thin.
Some observers said that if Liverpool can take advantage of the momentum after they conquered Swansea City at Anfield with a score of 5-0, Sunday (17/2). But three points is questionable relevance.
The Swans remodel skuatnya to replace seven key players for the League Cup final match on Sunday (24/2). The second tier players who entered was only the undoing of this team from Wales. Do not forget if two scorers in the game, Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge, can not be revealed on Thursday (21/2).
In recent years, the Reds no longer a team that other clubs can torture at will at Anfield. Their performance at home against the top teams English Premier League is also far from impressive. Manchester United and Arsenal took home a victory from Liverpool, while Manchester City were able to secure a point there.
In the Europa League, they also do not look better. Udinese defeat of Liverpool at Anfield and could only play as strong against Young Boys. In the qualifying round, the Reds survived the defeat counter Hearts goal by Luis Suarez.
More worrying, though, is much more dangerous when Zenit status as a guest team. They recorded seven wins from the last nine road games. Children care Luciano Spaletti have the best away record in the Russian Premier League with a record of six wins and two draws.
In the group phase of the Champions League, they won 1-0 at home to AC Mian. The defeat at home to Malaga (3-0) and Anderlecht (1-0) showed instability Zenit in European competition, but Zenit now have something to be preserved: two-goal advantage.
Liverpool clearly need their best performance at Anfield. Suarez and Steven Gerrard, who is now in his best performance, can help them to do so. However, without an away goal at the Petrovsky Stadium in the first leg makes them very vulnerable position.
If Zenit scored the only goal at Anfield, Liverpool needed four goals to keep going. Rodgers's side conceded the possibility is very great because they were only able to achieve a clean sheet in two Europa League matches at the group stage.
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