Liverpool beginning to click after nightmare start to season - but one problem can undo progress

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After a week of blisteringly hot takes, the reaction to Liverpool’s win over Brighton & Hove Albion was several notches cooler on Saturday. Saturday’s game simultaneously felt like the Liverpool of last season and also the new iteration flexing its muscles.

Saturday’s more team-oriented showing dismissed any suggestion that the Egyptian winger’s immense talent has been consigned to the pages of history, along with his ability to impact games at an elite level. Ironically, Liverpool may emerge from last week’s debacle in a stronger position.

That’s not to say Liverpool has overcome all its issues, but the perilously choppy waters within which the team was sailing a few weeks ago now look significantly calmer. Five games unbeaten and the team’s gradual improvement have ensured that.