Pre-season blunder to blame for Liverpool's current crisis

For some time now, Liverpool's midfield has been showing signs of needing an improvement as soon as possible, because although it is true that Jurgen Klopp's new strategies and tactical set-ups have given them a certain solidity in the last two games they have had, it has also become clear who are the players in this sector that do not fit into the plans even when they are available for the tactician at all times.

The fact that today Jurgen Klopp has had to innovate in this area of the pitch and put all his confidence in this new formation to men like Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara speaks of the creative limitations that exist in Merseyside, being this a complete mistake that was consummated in the summer market and should be solved moderately in the coming months over the winter sales window, or at least that is what former Liverpool player Graeme Souness thinks.

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The lack of new players in the midfield to push out the club's more senior elements is something the former Scotland and Reds player has told talkSPORT about, claiming that the Anfield midfield is "crying out desperately for a new and strengthening change". You've got Thiago, 31, Henderson 32, Milner 37, Fabinho 28, which is the perfect age for where they play, young players coming through, Naby Keita for me is no good, that's an obvious area they need to strengthen."

After Klopp admitted it was a total blunder at the end of the summer transfer window not to bring in another midfielder following injuries to Henderson, Thiago, Keita, Curtis Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Fabio Carvalho, the club made the desperate and misguided decision to bring in Brazilian Arthur Melo on loan from Juventus on transfer deadline day, and who has so far been able to make little or no impact in a set-up that relies heavily on this sector of the pitch.

<strong>They should have remedied the problems in the transfer window</strong>

Although for the moment the Henderson-Alcantara pairing has responded in an acceptable manner both in the Champions League against Rangers and in the Premier League against Arsenal, the German tactician must now focus more attention on the defensive sector and its weaknesses during the first half hour of the game, Both in their clash against the Gunners and previously against Brighton, Klopp's side found themselves down on the scoreboard just minutes after the opening whistle, a situation that conditions and forces the manager to change the strategies he had planned days before.