Twelve months ago , Liverpool were a free-flowing , potent attacking force with the SS ( Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge ) firing on all cylinders - the pair would eventually end up scoring 52 of Liverpool 's 101 goals in the Premier League.This season , however , the goals have dried up . Replacing Suarez was always going to be a near-impossible task , but Liverpool fans would have started the season quietly confident that the quality was there to collectively make up for the Uruguayan 's absence . Unfortunately for Brendan Rodgers , things in the final third have not quite clicked in the final third in the way they did last season . Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge ( right ) scored 52 Premier League goals for Liverpool last season . Raheem Sterling has struggled in front of goal this season , scoring only scored six Premier League goals . Jordan Henderson ( centre ) celebrates scoring sixth goal of the season , a penalty against Arsenal on Saturday . With just seven games of the season left Liverpool have scored just 45 goals - compared to 84 at the same stage last season - and their top scorers - Raheem Sterling , Jordan Henderson and Steven Gerrard - have scored six goals each . To put that into context , only Crystal Palace ( Dwight Gayle and Mile Jedinak - four ) and Sunderland ( Adam Johnson and Steven Fletcher - four ) have top scorers with fewer Premier League goals than Liverpool . while Aston Villa 's top scorers Christian Benteke and Gabriel Agbonlahor have also only managed six each . What the stats clearly show is that Liverpool have not filled the void left by Suarez , they are missing a Harry Kane ( 19 goals ) , a Diego Costa ( also 19 ) , a Sergio Aguero ( 17 ) , even a Charlie Austin ( 16 goals ) - and it has cost them dearly . Harry Kane ( centre ) did n't score against Burnley on Sunday , but has 19 Premier League goals this season . Diego Costa is the joint top scorer in the Premier League with 19 goals in his first season in England . Liverpool fans would argue that in Sturridge , who scored 21 league goals last term , they do have a player capable of scoring 20+ goals a season - and they are right . The England striker has had a frustrating season due to various injuries , and that is unfortunate , but Liverpool 's others goal threats - Raheem Sterling , Mario Balotelli and Rickie Lambert - simply have n't met the standards set by the SS last season . Some may also argue that while Liverpool lack a single focal point in attack , the group as a whole have picked up the slack . That may be true to an extent but Kane and Costa have scored more than Sterling , Henderson and Gerrard combined . And there can be little doubt that had Sturridge remained fit all season he would have more than six Premier League goals by this stage of the season . The are mitigating circumstances for Liverpool , no doubt , but the stats do n't lie and the fact that no one person has grabbed the mantle left by Suarez or Sturridge has proven costly for Liverpool - and may be a crucial reason why they miss out on Champions League football next season . Only Sunderland and Crystal Palace have top scorers with fewer Premier League goals than Liverpool this season . ARSENAL - Alexis Sánchez , Olivier Giroud . 14 . ASTON VILLA - Christian Benteke , Gabriel Agbonlahor . 6 . BURNLEY - Danny Ings . 9 . CHELSEA - Diego Costa . 19 . CRYSTAL PALACE - Dwight Gayle , Mile Jedinak . 5 . EVERTON - Romelu Lukaku . 8 . HULL - Nikica Jelavic . 8 . LEICESTER - Leonardo Ulloa . 7 . LIVERPOOL - Raheem Sterling , Steven Gerrard , Jordan Henderson . 6 . MAN CITY - Sergio Aguero . 17 . MAN UNITED - Wayne Rooney . 12 . NEWCASTLE - Papiss Cisse . 11 . QPR - Charlie Austin 16 . SOUTHAMPTON - Graziano Pelle . 8 . STOKE - Mame Biram Diouf . 8 . SUNDERLAND - Adam Johnson , Steven Fletcher . 4 . SWANSEA* - Wilfried Bony . 9 . Ki Sung-yueng . 7 . TOTTENHAM - Harry Kane . 19 . WEST BROM - Saido Berahino . 12 . WEST HAM - Diafra Sakho . 10 . *Wilfried Bony scored nine goals for Swansea before moving to Man City . The club 's current top scorer is Ki Sung-yueng with seven goals .
Raheem Sterling , Jordan Henderson and Steven Gerrard are Liverpool 's top scorers in the Premier League this season with six goals each . Seventeen of 20 Premier League clubs have top scorers with more goals . The Reds have scored a total of 25 league goals so far this season, which is their highest tally since they won the title last season.