via Mirror
Liverpool’s many problems are a bit like waiting for buses.
You wait ages for one and then they all come at once.
Take their defending and they have kept just three clean sheets in their last 19 games and conceded first in four of their last five league games at Anfield
It did not matter when Liverpool mounted their famous comebacks, like they did at home to Luton and Brighton,
it does now when their goals have suddenly dried up.
Liverpool failed to score from 40 efforts on goal against Crystal Palace and Atalanta
Andy Robertson admits they must start better, get the first goal and dictate the game.
Robertson
“We’ve spoken about that and we’ve said we can’t keep relying on our comebacks,”
“We can’t, it’s impossible. You can’t keep doing it season after season, game after game after game.”
“You have to get on the front foot, get the first goal, be on top, go after them. And we’ve not managed that.”
Jurgen Klopp, who is seeing his final season at Anfield fall apart in front of his eyes, was particularly unhappy with their lack of pressing in the first half
Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Alexis MacAllister, Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ibrahima Konate, Joe Gomez and even Virgil van Dijk have suffered a collective loss of form
Returning stars Diogo Jota andTrent Alexander-Arnoldare finally back, but they clearly need games to get match sharp
Klopp admits MacAllister and Endo are tired because he has had to overplay them because of his injury crisis
Klopp
“Did Wataru and Macca play now a little bit too much in the last few weeks?”
“Maybe. They were the two most-used, especially Macca.
“A couple of players had to play a lot and a couple were always interrupted. That’s the fitness situation. We just have to find a way to beat the opponent in front of us.”
But after winning just three of their last eight games, that’s easier said than done for Liverpool
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