Klopp faces Liverpool’s midfield nightmare ahead of Crystal Palace after Fulham draw
Klopp faces Liverpool’s midfield nightmare ahead of Crystal Palace game after the Fulham draw and could make some changes to his starting line-up.
Liverpool had to work particularly hard to earn its point in the weekend match with Fulham.
In their Premier League debut at Craven Cottage, the Reds were held to a 2-2 tie despite goals from Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah in the second half.
Due to his dissatisfaction with his team’s performance, Jurgen Klopp will be busy ensuring that problems are fixed in time for their upcoming game.
After a first-day draw, Liverpool won’t play again until a Monday night match at Anfield against Crystal Palace, which is one week from today.
Klopp could make some alterations to his starting line-up when Liverpool next takes to the pitch.
Despite Liverpool’s two goals against Fulham, the visitors didn’t miss many other significant opportunities.
Virgil van Dijk will of course be the leading center-back against Palace, hoping to put the penalty incident firmly behind him. The two full-backs, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson, both look set to continue unless there’s a fitness issue.
That leaves the option of replacing Joel Matip, who did not have a bad game against Fulham. Given the injury to Ibrahima Konate, the only player you could replace Matip with is Joe Gomez.
Klopp is unlikely to make wholesale changes when Palace visits Anfield next week, but he could have a think about making an adjustment to the defence.
Klopp faces Liverpool’s midfield nightmare
There will have to be at least a midfield replacement for Crystal Palace after the injury to Thiago.
Curtis Jones is still out as things stand, as is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Hopefully, though, Naby Keita should be fit to return to the squad.
There is also the possibility of either Harvey Elliott or James Milner coming into the midfield in place of either Jordan Henderson or Fabinho.
Meanwhile, Klopp also admitted after the game that he was not happy with the way the players started the game.
Things improved after Nunez was introduced, and you expect him to come in against Palace.
That is likely to mean Roberto Firmino dropping to the bench. Salah is an almost certain starter, while Luis Diaz had moments of quality at Craven Cottage.
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