Liverpool learnt Fulham are ready to buck the trend this season.
And Liverpool are the best of them.
Fulham came out of the traps flying, swarming Liverpool in the same way Klopp's Reds bully teams up and down the country every week.
Jurgen Klopp's marvellous Reds narrowly missed out on Premier League and Champions League glory last campaign while Fulham plotted a way back to the promised land.
They're not prepared to be the Premier League's whipping boys for yet another campaign in the top flight; they're here to prove they can finally battle with the best of them.
So he'll walk right up to the halfway line and stand right on the spot and he'll just stare into the opposition half.
Harvey Elliott replaced the midfielder and immediately stretched Liverpool's midfield.
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