Ahead of the temporary suspension of the Premier League for the World Cup in Qatar, Liverpool were able to conclude their participation with an important 3-1 win over Southampton that keeps them in with a chance of moving up at least one place in the table. But even though the Reds had a great evening at Anfield, manager Jurgen Klopp was not entirely happy with the result but rather with what he saw on the pitch.
Clearly the joy of seeing Roberto Firmino score at a time when talk of his renewal is at its peak is a positive for the team, as was Darwin Nunez's brace to lead his team-mates to a victory that was beginning to get complicated with the 1-1 draw that held for a while, but those situations ceased to take on such relevance for the German coach when he identified certain shortcomings in attack and defence.
Liverpool's humiliating win over Southampton at Anfield
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Although the Reds' attack was very complete with the constant participation of Harvey Elliot, Darwin Núñez, Bobby Firmino and Mohamed Salah, Klopp's concern lies in the constant failures that the team had in the last play before the goal, as it is there where mainly the Egyptian international could not make a difference and extend that score that was already 3-1 in their favour, knowing beforehand that such errors will not be forgiven in future matches by higher league rivals.
From the stands at Anfield, the Reds boss had a broader view of what was happening on the pitch with his team, noticing especially in the first minutes of the game a defensive error that also kept him worried for the rest of the game, because in the play of the rival goal that came after 8 minutes, he observed how Joe Gomez lost the mark and how the goalkeeper Alisson Becker came out wrong to cut the cross, leading to that sum of errors to the partial draw.
Gomez's errors in central defence continue to leave much to be desired at the moment, as the Briton is the only "capable" substitute to fill in for Ibrahima Konaté's absence, Jürgen Klopp has not been able to find a way to get the number 2 in his team's number 2 shirt to really bring security to the squad, as is the case on the right flank where Andrew Robertson is well covered by his Greek team-mate, Kostas Tsimilkas.
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