Troubleshooting of the highest calibre

In what has been a remarkable run of form for Liverpool in the past 19 months, there have been various ways to assess their performances. Let’s be clear, when you suffer only one league defeat over a season and a half, its impossible to expect complete perfection. Have Liverpool been lucky at times? Definitely. Have they gained points that they didn’t deserve? Almost certainly. Guess what? All teams do. What is undeniable though, is that Liverpool have developed an almost unparalleled ability to troubleshoot in the league since August 2018. That is a testament to the remarkable management of Klopp. I still maintain, what we are seeing is the result of great coaching improving the players in this squad. When Klopp first came to Merseyside, there was a notion that the Reds template for performing at a high level was based on inspiration. Now, Liverpool define that high level. They are winning big games when in neutral, there’s nothing frenetic or accidental about it. Throw a problem at them, Klopp’s men will solve it. And here’s the key, they are beginning to solve them in many different ways. We are watching a team at their peak. Such rare excellence is something to be cherished.