Five Things We Learned From Crystal Palace 3-1 Liverpool, Including Striker Promise And Brendan Rodgers’ Pressure

3) Liverpool are going to be missing Suarez for a long time

It was always expected that Luis Suarez would be missed, but not by this much. The main problem seems to be that new signings Rickie Lambert and Mario Balotelli just aren’t the same type of player as the Uruguayan. This has left the Reds trying to play in a manner that doesn’t work with the less mobile, more “target-man” style striker that they currently have up front. Last year’s top scorer will be missed for a while yet.