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Maybe you could put a poor Darwin Núñez pass in the lead-up to the equalizer down to fatigue, but the late winner for Manchester United was a clear sign that the deficit was mental, with almost every Liverpool player naïvely going up for a late corner as the contest needlessly descended into an absurdly open affair.

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More importantly, the game should never have entered extra time in the first place, as a profligate Liverpool side failed to capitalize on its near-total dominance.

A guest at Old Trafford, having been re-hired by FSG as head of football after a successful spell as Liverpool sporting director, it’s hard to know whether there were any kind of lessons to be taken from such a game.

Certainly, this match was not indicative of where the squad is at.

There can be little doubt that the squad is stretched paper-thin, with this latest injury news only confirming how much of a tightrope Liverpool is walking as it tries to remain competitive while down to the bare bones.

Enter Edwards.

While he won’t have drawn any firm conclusions about existing Liverpool players at Old Trafford, he should have seen enough to conclude that the squad next season will need to be deeper, especially after Klopp’s injury news (though it seems Díaz, at least, will be fine, having reported for Colombia duty).

After all, regardless of the identity of Klopp’s heir, Liverpool will be expected to go on four fronts again.

There will also be more of them, with all of the European competitions expanding from next season.

It’s a fine line for Edwards (and the sporting director he hires) to tread.

He must empower the next sporting director to continue apace with the construction of ‘Liverpool 2.0’ — Klopp has laid exquisite foundations, but there is plenty more building to do yet, and some of that work needs to happen in the transfer market.
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