Well, the thing is, they do rely too much of Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, and yes I know they beat us with only Torres but that was because we were awful that day.
Their squad is not good enough. I mean when Torres is missing like now, they have Voronin, N'gog and Kuyt (although he plays as a winger mainly) as backup. They made a mistake selling Robbie Keane, he was a decent backup.
In midfield it's better, Mascherano's a good option, but not someone who's going to win you a game like Gerrard would. Babel is alright but is way too inconsistent. Benayoun is ok. Aquilani we havent seen much of. They made a mistake selling Alonso.
Plus the owners don't help, always squabbling.