Liverpool’s bid to go back-to-back has been derailed by very un-Fergie-like decision to keep Mo Salah

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The Red’s attachment to last season’s talisman is costing them the ruthless edge needed to retain the Premier League title Liverpool have made a mess of things with Mo SalahOf the many questions Liverpool are facing right now, there’s one that goes much further back – further than this season, further than this century even. It’s about the ability – maybe even the know-how – to retain a title.It’s a remarkable thing to say for a club that are England’s most decorated, with 20 top-flight titles in addition to six Champions League crowns.

Yet Liverpool haven’t successfully defended the league since 1983-84, a season that marked the culmination of a period in which they just reeled off championships.