If you were ever in doubt how much this Liverpool team cared about winning, you would only have to look at a heated exchange that took place between Jurgen Klopp and Fabinho during Liverpool’s 3-3 draw with Brighton on Saturday.
The Brazilian midfielder was one of several Reds players who simply wasn’t in the running and his coach made that abundantly clear to him during the second half.
The German was seriously buoyed by something he had seen from his No. 3 and when he sent what looked like an x-rated message to the former AS Monaco player, it seemed that Fabinho chose to ignore the message, as seen by the Liverpool Echo. Ian Doyle.
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The situation seemed to calm down moments later when the 28-year-old shared a brief conversation with the former Borussia Dortmund boss.
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This makes it clear that just because the guys aren’t performing at all so far this period doesn’t mean they don’t care. The passion is clearly there, it’s just that the quality is not there at the moment.
Fabinho is one of our most important players and the work he does protecting the defense doesn’t go unnoticed, but he hasn’t done his job effectively so far this season and that has shown.
When he’s not on his game, it feels like the team just aren’t clicking like they should and the sooner the Brazil international is back to his best, the better.
Liverpool’s big problem may already have been resolved after Merson noted the international break advantage.
