Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish maintains he has been happy with Stewart Downing's form as he prepares to take a England winger behind to Aston Villa for a initial time.
Dalglish spent £20 million on a 27-year-old in a summer though a former Aston Villa and Middlesbrough man's performances have met with churned reaction.
Downing has been concerned in each Premier League compare for a Reds though has combined usually one idea and has unsuccessful to measure himself.
As Liverpool's most-expensive signing in a chaotic summer in a send market, his displays have perceived copiousness of attention.
Midfielder Charlie Adam and defender Jose Enrique have slotted into a side well, while Jordan Henderson has played in a series of opposite roles in midfield.
Dalglish believes that any critique of Downing is due to a fact that Liverpool, who have kept 4 purify sheets in their final 7 matches, have managed usually 18 goals in their 15 Premier League games.
The Anfield bar have mislaid 3 of their 7 pided matches in a Premier League this deteriorate and they need to urge that run during Villa Park in sequence to keep in hold with a competition for a European places.
And a Liverpool manager feels that once his group start putting their chances away, Downing's statistics will take a identical up-turn.
Dalglish said: "Stewart has finished copiousness of chances for us.
"And he has had a few opportunities himself, that he has been hapless with.
"But if we had taken a larger commission of a chances, or if fitness had been some-more kind to us, than everybody's stats would be better.
"Our points total would be better, a goals-for would be better, and particular stats would be better.
"Stewart has finished a outrageous grant to a fact we have strike a post 16 times and combined so many chances and shots during goal. When they start going in everyone's stats will improve.
"I consider all of a lads that have come in in their initial deteriorate have staid in unequivocally well.
"There's not many people who have come in and staid as fast as a lot of them have finished here. We're delighted.
"Everyone keeps throwing adult exams for people though we consider (the squad) has stood a exam of time."
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has warned Downing to prop himself for a antagonistic accepting from a Villa Park crowd.
Former fan favourite Downing had insisted during a finish of final deteriorate he did not wish to leave a Midlands bar usually to palm in a send ask to force by his Merseyside move.
McLeish said: "I consider Stewart was a good favourite kid here during Villa and I'm certain a fans will breeze adult a opposition.
"I'm certain Stewart will maybe not get too most slam since he is a decent kid and he did a decent job
"But maybe a fans will give a diminutive bit of apprehension-inducing stick."
McLeish certified he envies a spending energy Dalglish has been afforded in contrariety to a sell-to-buy process he works under.
He added: "There is a bit of a disproportion in a spending energy in what they've spent and who they've brought to a club, guys who can make a outrageous difference, not usually in bar though universe football.
"We are going in opposite teams like that as underdogs in roughly each persion though we are during home and a players have got to have no fear during this good track of ours.
"We have got to try to make certain a teams are withdrawal Villa Park meaningful they have been in a large game."
Dalglish is still watchful for captain Steven Gerrard to lapse from a long-term ankle problem, while Brazilian midfielder Lucas has been ruled out for a deteriorate with a critical knee injury.
Villa will be but a dangling Gabriel Agbonlahor while Shay Given (hamstring) and Eric Lichaj (hip) sojourn sidelined, however Fabian Delph earnings to contention.
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