Liverpool’s midfield woes this season are well-documented, but while their engine-room is in need of an overhaul, their planned revamp in 2023 currently remains on hold until the summer. As a result, is going to have to persist with the players he currently has at his disposal as he searches in vain to rediscover a winning Reds formula. On paper, his first-choice midfield would be and and it’s what the German returned to after his side’s 3-1 loss away at Brentford.
He was rewarded by them being torn apart in a dismal 3-0 loss.
The Reds might not have played well but it was better than some of the woeful showings that preceded it.
With a number of his options below-par this season, Klopp alluded to the fact that a summer rebuild was needed earlier this month.