{"id":75,"date":"2014-09-14T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2014\/09\/14\/liverpool-dealt-early-blow-to-title-hopes\/"},"modified":"2017-02-13T14:09:55","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:09:55","slug":"liverpool-dealt-early-blow-to-title-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2014\/09\/liverpool-dealt-early-blow-to-title-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVERPOOL DEALT EARLY BLOW TO TITLE HOPES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool Manager Brendan Rodgers has been dealt an early title blow with Saturday&#8217;s defeat to Aston Villa at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>This was the new team that the club had invested in with \u00a325 million Lallana, \u00a316 million Balotelli and \u00a320 million Markovic all named in the starting Eleven.<\/p>\n<p>Against Villa, they all failed to impress.<\/p>\n<p>A bit unfair, maybe but another defeat so early in the Season does not bode well for the Campaign ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake, Aston Villa took their one and only chance well as Agbonlahor scored the only goal of the game on 9th minute, this allowed Paul Lambert&#8217;s team to go for the defence for the rest of the game.<\/p>\n<p>This they did very well, cutting off options for the Liverpool midfield who spent most of the game passing the ball backwards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool Manager Brendan Rodgers has been dealt an early title blow with Saturday&#8217;s defeat to Aston Villa at Anfield. 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