JOHN ALDRIDGE: Liverpool FC at the ?must win? stage already

29 August 2009 02:00
IT sounds daft to say it so early in the season but today's match at Bolton really is a must win game. Two defeats in the first three games isn't the start any of us were expecting and the players have to put things right. Teams have won the league despite losing five games in recent years but there is now little room for error if we are going to challenge at the top. When you lose to the likes of Tottenham and Aston Villa you put yourself under pressure when you go into the big games against Manchester United, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton. We've got four league games before we go to Stamford Bridge on October 4. It's imperative that we beat Bolton, Burnley, West Ham and Hull just to ease that pressure a bit before facing Chelsea. Bolton are feeling the heat as well at the moment but for different reasons. They have started poorly and could find themselves in a relegation battle this season.

Source: Liverpool_Echo