Rodgers: How we'll become better
Liverpool will follow a similar improvement arc this season to the one they achieved during the 2012-13 campaign, according to Reds boss Brendan Rodgers.
After failing to win any of their first five Barclays Premier League fixtures under Rodgers, the Northern Irishman's team later concluded their year with an eight-match unbeaten record.
Despite having secured a much faster start this time around - the Reds are currently second in the standings - the manager expects that trajectory to be repeated in 2013-14.
"It's just the natural consequence of the work," Rodgers explained to Liverpoolfc.com.
"I said similar last year, that I felt that the first months of the season would be about bedding in the principles of the game and as you continually repeat those and find different exercises to improve them, the natural consequence is that you become better.
"I believe it will be likewise this season. We bedded in a lot of our work, the development of our playing style, over the summer - it allowed us to make a good start.
"I feel that as a consequence of continuous work and continuous improvement, that will allow us to become better. Hopefully that proves to be the case.
"We still have a lot to improve on; we've won four games out of six, which is great for our confidence and belief and the spirit in the team is really good.
"We still have work to do in terms of our performance level consistently over the games. But I'm really happy that we've continued to carry on from last season and win games, make points.
"As we sit second, we still have a lot of development to do. At this moment in time, I'm relatively pleased, but there's still a long way to go."
Rodgers experimented with several different formations during September, but the boss stressed that one thing will never change: the style of football he demands from the players.
"I've always said that the system is irrelevant," he continued.
"What's more important for me is the style of football, how we play - the style to dominate the ball, to control the game, control and dictate the tempo of the game, be aggressive in your defending when you haven't got the ball, press high up the field to get it back.
"That style doesn't change; it just goes into a system that fits your players. At the minute, that's the system that allows the best out of the players we have available.
"If that changes, we may play a different system. But the style will always remain intact - it's to control and dominate the ball."