As Liverpool’s performance continues to flag, the questions are quickly outnumbering the possible answers that explain the source of the calamity.
For James Pearce, however, it really comes down to two possible options: ‘fatigue’ or ‘an attitude problem’.
“There are two possible answers. Either there is an attitude problem in Klopp’s team or fatigue is a major problem after the demands of a 63-game campaign followed by a grueling pre-season program when injuries were piling up,” he wrote. reporter for The Athletic.
“Klopp prides himself on Liverpool being a ‘mental monster’ and showing the ability to fight back, but there was no response in Napoli until it was too late.
“Not even Victor Osimhen’s Alisson penalty save woke them up.”
It’s hard to imagine there will be much locker room discord given that our recruitment team and Jurgen Klopp pride themselves on identifying transfer targets who are not only a good fit as footballers but also as human beings.
Character, but in a much more meaningful sense than the term was understood during the Brendan Rodgers era.
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So the question remains, where to from here?
Of the two available answers, exhaustion (both physical and mental) after a long fight for all available honors and the emotional toll of defeat in Paris, coupled with the atrocious handling of the event at the Stade de France, is the one that stands out. .
There’s no easy solution to that other than simply overcoming injuries, regrouping, and more importantly, recharging when the moment calls for it.
Liverpool can still get something out of 2022/23, but it could be a while before we see the team that made intensity their calling card under Klopp.
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