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 leaguethis 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) didn'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 haven'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 don'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
steven gerrard liverpool raheem sterling jordan henderson luis suarez the premier league premier league this season
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  liverpool are paying for failing to properly replace goals of luis suarez 