Jurgen Klopp’s players are distraught following the Champions League defeat, but they should sleep well and work on improving his aging midfield before trying again.
Liverpool was unfortunate to lose. The defeat will hurt Jurgen Klopp’s players. However, they can rest easy knowing that they were the better team overall.
Real Madrid needed to be pragmatic in order to defeat them, and that is exactly what they accomplished.
Casemiro was great, demonstrating that you are not over the hill once you hit 30, while Valverde and Carvajal were brilliant down their right flank, suffocating Andy Robertson’s danger.
Great teams always find a way to triumph. Real appeared to be in awe of Liverpool in the first half, but it was a clever strategy to prevent Klopp’s team from annihilating them early on with the high-octane play.
They calculated the odds and calculated that the game might be won in brief seconds.
When Trent Alexander-Arnold went off for a moment, Vinicius scored, and Liverpool found themselves in the middle of a game — against a world-class goalie.
I don’t think Liverpool fans would object to Klopp’s pick; in fact, I believe that 99 percent of them would have agreed with him before the game.
Thiago may have thrown a few of passes away – it happens in these big games – but he appeared to be in good physical shape following his recovery.
Defeat will always bring its own inquest, but Liverpool must recall how impressive they have been this season. It’s amazing that a historic Quadruple was not discussed until the last weeks of the season.
It will be a shame if Mane left since he is my favorite Liverpool player, but I don’t think Salah, Jota, Diaz, Firmino, and don’t forget Fabio Carvalho will have any trouble creating or scoring goals next season.
This child has caught my attention since he played for another of my old clubs, Fulham, and he will be playing games next season.
He saunters past opponents like Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva, and if he plays as a winger, Jota will have more opportunities in the center. Klopp doesn’t need to go out and get an Erling Haaland-style superstar, in my opinion.
Keep in mind that Diaz is only 25 years old. He’ll be even better next time than he was in his first six months at Anfield.
However, the midfield is an area where Liverpool may try to improve. We don’t know what will happen to James Milner, and Jordan Henderson has enough left in the tank, but at 31, he can’t be expected to play 50 or 60 games every season at Klopp’s pace.