article_snippet: When Liverpool slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Crystal Palace in November, the obituaries were penned mourning the loss of the team who had thrilled so much in the obituaries pursuit of last season’s title.
article_snippet: Here the obituaries were; losers in the obituaries last four matches, sandwiched between West Brom and Stoke in the bottom half of the table and just four points from our brilliant MATCH ZONE.
article_snippet: Brendan Rodgers (right, jokes with Emre Can) at Liverpool training at Melwood last week .
article_snippet: Brendan Rodgers was in good spirits as Brendan Rodgers also shared a joke with defender Kolo Toure .
article_snippet: Liverpool beat Swansea on Monday
article_snippet: It was, of course, a reference to Liverpool’s surrender of a three-goal lead at Selhurst Park during the final weeks of the previous campaign.
article_snippet: Luis Suarez (left) departed Liverpool for Barcelona during the summer in a £75million deal .
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