Legendary Liverpool striker Ian Rush says he is confident that his former club will turn the corner soon after a poor start to the 2014-15 English Premier League season.
Liverpool have managed a modest return of 14 points from 11 Premier League matches this season and are currently 11th in the table. More worryingly, the club have only scored 14 goals in this season's league campaign after plundering 101 goals in the 2013-14 season when they finished second to champions Manchester City.
Speaking in Singapore after a testimonial match for retiring Singapore striker Aleksander Duric, Rush -- who won five first division titles and two European Cups in his two stints at Anfield between 1980 and 1996 -- said that he was confident that the Reds would raise their game against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Nov. 23 and kickstart their season.
"The Crystal Palace game will herald Liverpool's turnaround. I am confident the club will get maximum points at Selhurst Park. This result would give the club the momentum to battle it out for the fourth slot," Rush, who scored 229 first division goals in his 469 appearances for the club, said.
Liverpool lost a three-goal lead at Palace last season to throw away their hopes of claiming the Premier League title, and former Reds midfielder Steve McManaman, who also figured for the Liverpool Masters in their 3-1 win against Singapore Masters (with goals from Emile Heskey, Lim Tong Hai (OG) and Jari Litmanen), was more cautious in his approach.
"Once the goals start coming, Liverpool should be okay," said McManaman, a two-times Champions League winner with Real Madrid following his move to the Bernabeu from Anfield in 1999. "And where are the goals going to come from? Obviously, from the centre-forwards."