TERRACE TALK: Reaction from the weekend’s top Premier League action

Liverpool: Rodgers’ work is almost complete

Hot on the heels of chasing two goals against Basle with no strikers, Brendan put Brad Jones in goal at Old Trafford and started with no strikers. As suicide notes go, this one was horribly eloquent. All it needs now is a Bournemouth full stop.

Despite logic dictating it should be nonsense, it is beginning to look like last season’s exploits were based solely on two strikers in outlandish form.