Brendan Rodgers has insisted that he is happy with his Liverpool side and believes they are ahead of schedule in terms of his plan.
The Merseyside club have struggled this season, despite pushing Manchester City for the Premier League title last season and coming within two points of winning their first title since 1989.
Rodgers believes that his long term plan is coming together and that his squad are ahead of schedule.
He told Spanish daily AS: “Yes, I was brought in here to restore Liverpool to what it had been, a club challenging for the title and obviously playing Champions League football.
“I signed a three-year deal with the plan that, in the third year, we would be challenging for the title and that came a year early.
“The natural progress of the team has been halted in some way in the summer with Luis Suarez leaving and lots of new players coming in.
“It’s an exciting time at Liverpool with lots of young players coming in but, if we are going to get better, we are going to take the short-term hit at the moment knowing that, in the long term, the club will be better for it.”
