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Can Klopp build a second great team at Liverpool or is his time up?
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Harvey Elliott, 19, has featured in every Liverpool game this season as Jurgen Klopp attempts to shuffle his pack to rediscover Liverpool’s fire.
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LONDON – Jurgen Klopp appeared to be shrinking under his baseball cap as he exhaled. “I can’t remember a worse game, not only Liverpool,” he said. “I really can’t. This is a really low point.”
His team’s comprehensive 3-0 away defeat by Brighton & Hove Albion on Jan 14 had been a brutal exposure of what has been going wrong for Liverpool this season. A malfunctioning defence, a midfield that creaked with age, and Mohamed Salah not seeing enough of the ball in attack: all those factors came together.
