Liverpool judged to be lacking in creative players when creating attacks. There are currently only two players who can help them dismantle the opponent.
Liverpool have struggled this season and have only won four of their 11 Premier League games. ‘The Red’ held on to equalize four times and swallow three defeats.
As a result, the team that nearly won the quadruple last season are now 12 points behind Arsenal and 10 points behind Manchester City, the two teams leading the table. By comparison, Liverpool scored six points more at the same stage this season last season.
In the last game, the Merseyside boys lost 0-1 to last team Nottingham Forest. The defeat broke the momentum that was built through three straight wins, including when they beat Manchester City.
Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy saw the defeat against Forest open a problem, namely the lack of creative players. The absence of Thiago Alcantara means that Liverpool have no players capable of sending defensive passes.
Virtually only Trent Alexander-Arnold could be relied upon, but he was dead and replaced by James Milner. Alexander-Arnold has a hard time finding a consistent game this season.
“If you remove Thiago and Trent from that starting XI, you don’t have players with the courage to look ahead and break down the defenses that are building up,” Danny Murphy told reporters. Match of the dayquoted Football365.
“Klopp had no choice but to play with the boys, and there was some misfortune even with the currently injured forwards.”
Liverpool have lost Naby Keita since the start of the season, which should be an option in midfield. Meanwhile on the front line Diogo Jota plus Darwin Nunez who suffers from muscle fatigue is injured again, so Liverpool lose their explosive power.
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