Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp was evidently not satisfied with his team’s performance in the first half of their 2022/23 campaign.
That is made clear by the fact that the German forced his available players to relive the horror show in footage shown at the Dubai training ground, according to The Telegraph’s Chris Bascombe, with a view to charting a return to impressive football. What did you enjoy last season? 2023.
The Reds enjoyed a positive run of form in the run-up to the World Cup after being outclassed by Leeds United at Anfield in a loss that ended Virgil van Dijk’s remarkable L4 unbeaten run.
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There will no doubt be some already prepared to raise their hands and warn the rest of the looming apocalypse for the red half of Merseyside following the 3-2 loss to Manchester City.
If anything, though, Klopp and his coaching staff will have been buoyed by what they witnessed at the Etihad as a comparatively poorer Liverpool embraced the principles that made their team so feared nationally and internationally in past years.
If Darwin Nunez had been more clinical when handed a series of golden opportunities, the Reds may very well have walked away with a win on the night (as undeserved as that may seem).
The break has obviously done us a lot of good and hopefully a midfield signing, coupled with Fabinho’s return to form, will be the spark needed to return to the advertised top four and mount a successful European campaign. .
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