Liverpool, forced to regain its identity

The Liverpool of Jurgen Kloppwhich is now faced with wolves of Julen Lopetegui (Moulinex Stadium, 8:45 pm) In a playoff match corresponding to the third round of the FA Cup, he is no longer and at least ten points from the Champions League zone in the Premier League, a competition in which he already has. lost six games to what is happening A crisis of results and identity exacerbated by the image offered last Saturday in Brightonwhere the ‘reds’ fell 3-0, and at the same time the march of Sadio Mané in Bayern Munich.

Beyond the sensitive loss of the Senegalese, the red attack has been plagued by injuries. Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz Y Firmino They are in dry dock. Saturday, Darwin Nunez also came out. not to mention Virgil van DijkKO a month after injuring his hamstrings in Brentford.

The squad seems to be paying off for last season’s effort, where the Liverpool he played 63 games in all competitions. And, as if that wasn’t enough, sports management either He was right in the last summer transfer market. Arthur, also injured, had been a failure and it was obvious Klopp He needed another medium, something the German said was ruled out in January for financial reasons.

Last but not least, this team lacks the identity that made it reach three finals -Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup- in 2022 and key pieces like Alexander Arnold either wrong they go down the level.

This is clear to Jürgen Klopp

“These are soccer problems and you solve them in soccer. Playing better than Brighton shouldn’t be so difficult…”, he said. Jurgen Klopp at the press conference before the cupbearer duel against wolverhamptonwho only ten days ago forced the tiebreaker by scratching out a creditable draw in two at Anfield.

“We have to be compact, we have to defend. Too many times the field seems too big. This is how we defend ourselves. We have to go back to basics, that’s what we should do,” he concluded. Klopp.

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