Hodgson: We are on the right track

Sunday's match at Bolton represents Roy Hodgson's 10th as Liverpool manager in the Barclays Premier League.

It is a marker, in light of their poor start to the season, he set himself as a point when he and his team could be judged.
But Hodgson has been assessing their recent performances and has seen an upturn in recent weeks, irrespective of what results have suggested.
A second league victory of the campaign at home to Blackburn on Sunday came on the back of an under-strength side securing a creditable goalless Europa League draw against Napoli in Italy.
And although the 63-year-old refused to highlight the last week as significant, he does believe the team is on an upward curve.
"I'd be lying if I said it felt like a turning point. That would be a facile thing to say," he said.
"I've got faith in the team and the way we played in several of the games. We were worse at the beginning but we have got better.
"Sunderland (2-2) was not that bad. Blackpool (a 2-1 defeat) was such a wretched first-half performance where we shot ourselves in the foot and couldn't get back in.
"Everton last week (a 2-0 defeat) I thought we paid a high price for the second goal, which shouldn't have been allowed.
"We allowed Everton to get on top of us in the first 20 minutes by passing the ball too short and never turning them round.
"I saw the statistics the other day from the Everton game and I've never in my Premier League career seen statistics as positive as they were in terms of passing, accuracy and tempo of passing, number of shots and crosses.
"Those statistics hearten you because you know you are not playing badly but they don't get you any points.
"We had the same level of passing and intensity against Blackburn but we were much more incisive, getting behind them down the flanks more.
"Jamie Carragher was bombing forward like Carlos Alberta of old.
"It was the right sort of performance; we've got to give another 29 like that and if we can do that then we won't go too far wrong."

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