Brutal stat shows just how bad Liverpool’s away form has been under Brendan Rodgers

Make that one win in 18.

The pressure has been building and building on Brendan Rodgers and the fairly soporific performance in the 1-1 draw at Goodison is unlikely to lift the dark clouds. Liverpool's hapless defending again cost them as Romelu Lukaku punished Emre Can's sliced clearance. And hapless defending has been the hallmark of Rodgers' reign. Things haven't been going well for the Northern Irishman, and comments such as the one made in the wake of the midweek draw with Sion that this season is one for "rebuilding" haven't helped his standing with Liverpool fans. But away from his comments it's stats like the one below from before Sunday's draw with Everton that are the most damning indictment of Rodgers' reign. Into his fourth season in charge and Rodgers has won just one league game away from home against the top four and Everton. And even that one victory - a 3-0 win at Old Trafford in march 2014 - had the mitigating factor of being against David Moyes' Manchester United. Almost as damning is the stat that Liverpool have conceded nearly two goals per game in those 17 matches against their most direct rivals. It's that soft underbelly that has been at the heart of Rodgers' problems during his tenure.