An issue that could be fixed to get Liverpool on track. Making matters worse is that it’s hard to pinpoint one glaring problem. We have to watch what was our mistake and try to not do this again.” We have to talk to each other on the pitch and fight at the start of the game. Sometimes it’s like that, but we don’t give up now and we have to work again, again and again. “Keep going to work every day, every day, every day. It’s very sad but we have to keep the head held up. “We tried to come back, 2-2, and after Arsenal scored one penalty. “I am very sad for the team because we didn’t start very well,” reflected Ibrahima Konaté, who returned from injury in Sunday’s 3-2 defeat at unexpected league leaders Arsenal. Still, they say they haven’t given up hope.

Dropped points despite some generally solid performances early were followed by dropped points in poor performances, and a squad exhausted by their efforts in recent years has begun to look shattered. The expectation for Liverpool heading into the 2022-23 season was that Jürgen Klopp’s Reds would be in the thick of the title race over the first three months, with a number of their key stars not taking part in the winter World Cup then setting them up for a strong second half push for glory.

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