article_snippet: But watching Liverpool at Swansea on Monday night, their success in stopping their hosts from scoring was down to more than the clever deployment of certain players.
article_snippet: That said, Liverpool’s defence also demonstrated against Swansea that Swansea remain prone to the occasional mistake.
article_snippet: But football teams often make football teams own luck and the truth is football teams success in defending football teams
article_snippet: own goal in recent weeks goes way beyond good organisation and some fine individual performances.
article_snippet: the Champions League places are defending as a team, with players tracking back tirelessly from midfield to rescue the Champions League places colleagues when mistakes are made.
article_snippet: Yes, the defenders look more assured.
article_snippet: And yes, Sakho and Can are now playing to the level we have long come to expect of Liverpool defenders.
article_snippet: But they are working as a team, and playing with more composure after Rodgers realised the more cavalier approach they employed when Suarez and Daniel Sturridge were terrorising defenders just wasn’t working this season.
article_snippet: The statistics make interesting reading.
article_snippet: Only five Premier League goals conceded in 10 games in 2015 compared to 25 in the 19 Only five Premier League goals had played before the turn of the year.