Liverpool face ‘crisis’ over ‘naive’ Klopp’s ‘incredibly bad decision’

Actually dear

Dejan Lovren started 12 games in the Premier and Champions League last season. Liverpool remained clean two times in these games. The Croatian was substituted in the 40th and 53rd minutes.

But it was definitely an incredibly bad decision to sell. It was clearly “naive” for Jürgen Klopp not to predict that all of his Liverpool mid-halves would be injured at the same time. It’s definitely worth it that Charlie Wyett mentions Lovren in the first paragraph of his match report for The sun, who describes Fabinho’s obvious muscle strain as a defensive “crisis” for a club that has conceded a goal – a penalty – in their last three games.

“While Lovren was in Germany preparing for today’s Champions League trip to Dortmund, his former club was in disbelief when Fabinho sustained a hamstring injury within half an hour,” he writes.

“The defender got a lot of stick in his six years on Merseyside and his skills did not match the remarkably high opinion he has of himself – but as Jürgen Klopp needs him now.”

Klopp is likely to go without a center-back who hasn’t conceded a Premier League goal since December 2018 against a team other than Bournemouth or Huddersfield, who would both be relegated in the same season.

Hell, Lovren’s last start in the Premier League was against Watford in February. See how well that went. Wilson’s Sun colleague Dan King described him in his match report that day as “always unhappy” and “part of a long line of scaly Liverpool defenders”.

What an incredibly bad decision it was for Liverpool to sell him.

Should Klopp have targeted a middle half in the summer? Probably. Is it quite difficult to find a fourth choice middle that likes not to play when everyone else is fit and available? Absolutely; That’s why Lovren left. Should Klopp know that Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho would be injured within ten days while Joel Matip was on sideline? Hmm

It should be pointed out at least partially in retrospect that Liverpool had to buy another defender. Proposing the sale of Lovren was ‘naive’ and in some way a mistake is b * llocks. The 31-year-old suffered four different muscle injuries in his last two seasons at Anfield when he was not even playing. Keeping it would definitely have been the solution to her current fitness problems.

My problems
Fabinho, out injured, may not even be the biggest problem Liverpool face in the coming weeks. Let that Daily Mirror website Bringing light into the darkness.

“Salah is hobbling through the tunnel after Liverpool defeat Midtjylland.”

Klopp didn’t mention it at all. No journalist asked about it at the press conference. It wasn’t even discussed further BT Sport, the footage of which was captured by a few concerned fans and discovered on social media, whose fears have turned into delicious clicks.

Does the mirror at least offer an update on the situation? No, unless “he will be desperate that this is not serious” qualifies. Which it doesn’t.

Let go of your guard

Stan Collymore has been against Pep Guardiola for a long time. The Daily mirror Pandit …

– Wrote under Guardiola in Manchester City in October 2016 that the cracks are beginning to show, adding that he was not a genius like the late Brian Clough.

– Wrote that in November 2016 Guardiola “embodies the modern manager – it’s more about great designs and plans than practical aspects on the pitch”.

– Wrote 421 words over how he didn’t care that Guardiola appeared to be asking who he was during a press conference in December 2016.

– Best famously wrote in December 2016: “When he thinks he will show up and surpass everyone in the Premier League and that teams like Watford, Leicester, Bournemouth, Southampton and Crystal Palace will leave his Manchester City.” Side have the ball for 90 percent of the time and put pretty patterns around them so they can get a result then he’s absolutely fooled. In fact, he is more than deceived. And if he thinks he doesn’t have to teach tackle or individual combat in training, he’ll return to Spain with his tail between his legs. ‘

– Wrote in January 2017 that “there is not a single proof that Guardiola deserves to be mentioned in our league in the same breath as Conte”.

– Wrote that Guardiola was “the epitome of checkbook management” in April 2017.

– Was strangely quiet from May 2017 to May 2019, except for To blame for the dominance of Manchester City to everyone else who is rubbish.

But now Guardiola is fighting properly again, Collymore is back on board the train and writes that a Champions League win for City this season would “simply be taken for granted”.

Of course it would. A team that has never won the European Cup would be absolutely standard.

“If he left Etihad at the back next summer, he still wouldn’t have done anything in England to convince me he was the greatest manager of all time, as some under 30s would try to make me believe . ‘

He has only scored two of the three highest Premier League points of all time, winning four other national trophies in the process.

Maybe you stop talking to ‘some under 30’ Stan?

“In a decade or two we won’t even look back on Guardiola as one of the top ten managers in football history.”

‘Top 20? Yes. But top 10, no. Number 1? Absolutely not anywhere near. ‘

Well, that’s purely subjective and depends on personal opinion. But only three coaches have ever won more European Cups and he has eight national championship titles in three different countries. How strange to say he’s “nowhere near” the best manager of all time.

But Collymore explains why: he has some pretty ridiculous parameters for this meaningless nickname.

“To be considered the best, you have to have turned a sleeping giant swamped by its rivals into a club that dominated domestically for nearly two decades, winning two Champions Leagues like Sir Alex Ferguson did at Manchester United .

“Or take a provincial club and players and make them English champions and two-time European Cup winners, like Brian Clough did in Nottingham Forest.”

So you can only be the best manager in Collymore’s eyes if your name is Sir Alex Ferguson or Brian Clough. Right.

Low point

To The sun: Booking in Leipzig The Lowry Hotel is no big deal for Manchester United. It’s an incredibly minor inconvenience at best.

Happy to help.

The only way is up

It might even give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a chance to corner Dayot Upamecano if the Daily mirror is to be believed.

“Solskjaer opens Upamecano meeting as an alternative to Man Utd,” reads the headline.

Oh wow, that sounds really interesting. Usually, no manager discusses an opponent that soon before a game. How strange of Solskjaer to be so open.

Apart from the fact that this ‘Upamecano get-together’ is literally a game between Leipzig and Manchester United, Solskjaer says that he is a very good player and we can see him up close tomorrow.

F365 Shithouse story of the day

“Lampard suggests that he be judged harshly for being young and English.”

The headline is really fine. But the feeling is weird.

Recommended reading of the day

Oliver Kay continues Jeremy knew. (£)

Patrick Bamford made us think about totally random Premier League hat trick scorers. Justice for “busy” Kevin Lisbie.