Question to answer for all lovers of this club What Is Going Wrong At Liverpool worst Premier League start since Brendan Rodgers’ last full season

After another disappointing match for Liverpool, LFCTR take a look at what is going wrong at Anfield. Who is to blame? Jurgen Klopp, the players or FSG?

Another week and another disappointing result and performance by Liverpool. From questionable decisions made by the manager to underperforming players, to a shoestring budget in the transfer window.

Many factors can be looked at for the major drop-off by The Reds. LFCTR dive into all three factors to conclude why Liverpool find themselves in this awful situation and how it can be fixed.

Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool's best manager since the days of Bob Paisley and Bill Shankly, but his stubborn ways and unwillingness to evolve his tactics is leaving the fans scratching their heads.

The 4-3-3 formation has been extremely successful over the years, however, as other sides continue to change and Jurgen Klopp sees the players he built his style upon leave and get older, those tactics are no longer having the same impact. 

Players such as Gini Wijnaldum, Sadio Mane, and a younger Jordan Henderson were vital in the way the German was able to engrain his style and plans into the side. 



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As time moves on, players move on and other teams begin to figure you out. That’s where Liverpool are right now. The manager is continuing to stick to his system with players that are either past it or don’t suit that specific role. 

Klopp’s stubbornness doesn’t stop there. His continuous desire to play 37-year-old James Milner and reluctance to play Darwin Nunez is costing the team clean sheets, costing the team goals, and ultimately costing the team points. 

The Players

What has happened to these players that saw us win our first Premier League title and lead us to three Champions League finals? A mixture of overreliance and complacency has seen them suffer a huge drop-off in performance. 

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson, and Fabinho have all been way below the standards they set. A standard of the highest level and that of one which saw them all make the team of the year consistently.

They look tired, uninterested, and lost, allowing the opposition to pass by them with ease. A defensive unit that was unbeatable and unbreakable. It has turned into a unit we were used to seeing pre-Klopp era. Mentality monsters have turned mentality minnows.