The Reds manager is well aware that his side lacked a
cutting edge last season but points to the recruitment of the likes of
Roberto Firmino as reason to expect better
Roberto Firmino and Danny Ings have already moved to Anfield from Hoffenheim and Burnley, respectively, with Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke set to join them in a £32.5 million (€46.8m) deal.
And Rodgers expects a greater collective threat akin to the free-scoring form that saw them challenge for the Premier League title two seasons ago.
He told reporters: "Of course, the season when we were runners-up we ended up with 101 goals. Last year we didn't score enough goals.
"But this is a new team; the ideas and philosophies are the same but we're bringing in players that can really threaten the goal again and have a group of those. That's something that's exciting me.
"Young Firmino coming in has got experience of European football and is just starting to make his mark on the Brazilian squad and is a player on the way up."
The coming season will also be Liverpool's first without former captain Steven Gerrard in 17 years, with Jordan Henderson taking over the armband.
Rodgers added: "Jordan is taking over from an iconic figure who had been captain here a long time. I think the players have really accepted it and responded well to it.
"I can see already how he's grown in terms of his stature. That's important because you can give some guys the captaincy and they fold with it. It can have a negative effect. But he's a young man who can cope with that.
"He has enormous respect in the squad because of his quality - he's a role model."
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