Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers wants his side to show their killer instinct until he can bring in another striker.

The Reds have scored just four goals in five games so far this season and currently wallow in the relegation zone after making their worst start to a campaign in over 100 years.

Rodgers is adamant that he is happy with most aspects of the Merseysiders' game but admits that he wants his players to improve when it comes to shooting at goal.

"We have to hit the target. There is no point us getting into good areas in the field and twisting and turning and being bright if we don't shoot," said Rodgers. "You have to shoot otherwise you don't score - that is something we know across the board we need to improve on.

"There's no reticence to shoot but it is in the DNA of the player, the type of player. That is what we hoped we could bring in over the summer and we weren't able to do that.

"So we've got to go with what we've got until January and you bring in the certain type of player who can help that."

Liverpool travel to the Hawthorns to face West Bromwich Albion in the Capital One Cup on Wednesday night.