Rodgers: We'll work on goalscoring form
Brendan Rodgers admitted Liverpool must improve their proficiency in front of goal after his team drew a blank for the second successive weekend in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday.
Having previously been held to a 0-0 stalemate by Hull City at Anfield, the Reds were overturned by Newcastle United and returned to Merseyside without registering on the scoresheet at St James' Park.
Failure to strike in the north east was a primary frustration for Rodgers, whose team had racked up a total of 101 by the conclusion of 2013-14, and the Northern Irishman intends to put things right as soon as possible.
"It's certainly something we need to be better in," the manager told Liverpoolfc.com. "For the team to have confidence, it's important that you look like you can score a goal.
"We didn't look as if we could threaten so much. I'm a creative and attacking coach, and we have seen over my time here how we build teams to score goals in order to win games.
"But at the moment it's not quite happening for us. We just need to analyse the game and work harder to make it work."
There would be no better time for Liverpool to rediscover their shooting boots than on Tuesday evening, when they face a second Champions League meeting with Real Madrid.
Their trip to the Santiago Bernabeu is the next fixture of a demanding week - with Chelsea to visit Anfield on Saturday - and Rodgers is aware of the need for improvement.
On the clash with the European title-holders, he said: "It's a big game, a huge game for us. This week has three big games and it hasn't got off to a good start.
"But we have no time to dwell on it. We've got to look to prepare well for the game on Tuesday, which will be a tough one."
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