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With Liverpool starting the Premier League campaign with a frustrating tie in West London, Jürgen Klopp could now evolve by considering a new midfield ...

With Fábio Carvalho able to shine from midfield areas with the added threat of goals from outside the box, the most extreme implementation of this system would be for Klopp to deploy Carvalho and Elliott as the midfield two together. Of course, in games where Liverpool come up against the likes of Manchester City, some players become more vital than others, with the focus on being able to disrupt play defensively as much as sustaining attacks and creating chances. Even Thiago, maestro supreme, has more of a defensive side to his game than some of the alternative options.

A dry pitch is no excuse for a sub-par Liverpool performance according to Graeme Souness, after the Reds started their Premier League season with a draw ...

"I looked at the first half and for the first 15 minutes, the writing was on the wall for Liverpool. You have to say Fulham were fabulous, really aggressive, Liverpool didn’t get a second on the ball but if you’re a big team you have to expect that. But if the result was a surprise to most people, Souness claimed that it showed that pre-season affects individual players differently. After the match, Klopp tried to explain his team's performance.

What should worry Liverpool fans is how Trent Alexander-Arnold is still as poor a defender as he was when he first came into the team.

He is a right-back. Klopp needs to look in the mirror too. Again and again, he’s caught out because he just isn’t where he should be. They weren’t any of these things against Fulham. Did they take their opponents for granted, figuring they’d blow away a newly promoted side? The last time I checked, a right-back is a defender — and Alexander-Arnold is a very poor defender. Liverpool’s abject display was unacceptable. In truth, he doesn’t have any at all. Too many have been seduced by the hype. That a kid and a veteran had to do so much should make some of the others look in the mirror. Milner is one of the great pros, and still has plenty to offer. It is the most prestigious individual award in the game, and is the result of a ballot of a worldwide jury. It’s a question that Jurgen Klopp has to ponder and address, and good luck to him.

Football365 - Klopp said he wasn't happy with the pitch after Liverpool's draw, and the Fulham Twitter admin's reaction probably hasn't improved his mood.

We have to trust in ourselves, we have to trust to stick with the plan as well and we showed fantastic organisation from the start until the end of the match. “We did the opposite of what we wanted to do. “The attitude was not right in the beginning and then we wanted to fight back but it wasn’t easy any more.

Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw with Fulham on Saturday only to see Premier League title rivals Manchester City steal an early march on Sunday with a 2-0 ...

“All the subs made a big impact when they came on, so that was a big plus. Skipper Jordan Henderson, who almost burgled a win in stoppage time with a fine effort against the bar, admitted: “We knew it would be tough before the game, [against] a newly promoted side, so there’s no excuses from us. Boss Marco Silva is the kind of bloke who probably looks in the bathroom mirror and likes what he sees, but he is a talented coach and Fulham unsettled Klopp's strolling pilgrims like a punk rock band disrupting choir practice. But Liverpool looked stale and one-paced in midfield, where Thiago Alcantara's hamstring injury could force Liverpool into the market before the window closes. We played a really bad game.” But as Liverpool drifted into Aleksandar Mitrovic's firestorm of belligerence, a horrid truth stalked them along the towpath.

Liverpool drew 2-2 against the newly-promoted Cottagers on Saturday afternoon, failing to win on the opening day for just the second time in the Jürgen ...

There are only two that stand out, in addition to Man City last year — the 07/08 and 08/09 United teams. But Ferguson has walked this tightrope twice before, and you would not bet against Klopp doing the same. But in the grand scheme of the Klopp era, it was something of an outlier. Well, it was actually fairly common in the 1990s. It’s been markedly less common since, with just four instances in the past 22 years. But five years on, Silva has inflicted more pain on the Reds, this time as the Fulham boss.

Liverpool have already spent a club-record amount this summer but could have to go back in the market to bolster their midfield options, although links with ...

He said: "Of course, I would love for Bernardo to continue here, he is a special player in the dressing room for me, but I don't know what is going to happen. Bernardo has previously been linked with a move away but ended up staying put. Liverpool have drawn plenty of praise for their recruitment, but acting late in the market is always a risky strategy. Jurgen Klopp has seen his injury list grow which could see the Reds make some additions to go alongside Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay. We still have enough midfielders. We have eight midfielders.