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Liverpool find themselves in waters not traversed since Jurgen Klopp first took over the reins from Brendan Rodgers in the middle of the 2015/16 campaign. The starting-XI regularly finds itself in a state of total discord with the German facing a nightmare scenario of a leaky backline and a toothless front-three. Analysing the Reds’ concerns on the Gary Neville Podcast (via , the former Manchester United fullback called out the current back four for their inexcusably poor performances of late. “They’re nowhere near, it was almost a ‘where do they start’ type of reaction after the game,” the Englishman said. “There are internationals in that back four – in fact, all of them are – and they’re nowhere near good enough.

There are other teams who have had injuries defensively who have managed better.”



//www.empireofthekop.com/2023/02/07/pep-guardiola-man-city-exit/Joel Matip, to use an example, was rightly deemed one of the most underrated centre-backs in world football based on the quality of his outings last term.




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