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Yet on paper, it looks almost impossible to pick a better group of 11 Reds players in that era.

If we focus on the defense this season, the quartet who faced Atalanta in Bergamo looks to be the best available to Klopp: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson.

They proved their collective mettle by recording just the third clean sheet Liverpool have kept in the Premier or Europa League in 2024, albeit Atalanta didn’t need to score thanks to its handsome Anfield win.

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If the Reds are to defy their current position of third favorites and win the 2023/24 Premier League, keeping this back four intact for the final six matches is of paramount importance.

The combination of Konaté and van Dijk has played 18 full matches in all competitions this season, and the equivalent of 21.6 games in total.

Robertson has missed 22 matches while Alexander-Arnold has been absent for 19, markedly more games than either Konaté (six) or van Dijk (two) have lost to injury.

Even though the goals conceded column will always be relevant, consider some of the potent attacking performances they enabled.

The quartet’s first match starting together was the 5-0 win at Manchester United — a game which saw Alexander-Arnold provide an assist and Konaté laugh in the face of Fred.

Later that season, they also played in the fantastic FA Cup semi-final win over Manchester City as well as Champions League knockout phase wins over Benfica — in which Ibou scored from a Robertson assist — and Villarreal (both home and away).

In 2022/23, the famous four were at the back as the forwards tore United to shreds in a 7-0 win.
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