There are too many similarities to call it a mere coincidence. Klopp’s seventh season, it seems, is not just a myth. The German expert is repeating the scenario from his coaching mandates in the previous two clubs, Mainz and Dortmund, when in his last year in the same he recorded results below all expectations. In Liverpool, to put it mildly, the situation is identical. Catastrophic.The Reds are off to their worst start in ten years this season. They are tenth in the table with the same number of points from eight games, and in addition to the results, the club from Anfield has huge personnel problems and it does not seem as if the situation will improve soon. On the contrary, it is getting worse. A day after learning that Luis Diaz will be out for the rest of the calendar year, more bad news has arrived for Jurgen Klopp. The defensive duo Trent Alexander Arnold – Joel Matip will also have to take a break.🚨 BREAKING: Liverpool defenders Joel Matip and Trent Alexander-Arnold have both been ruled out for two weeks through injury. #lfc [james pearce – the athletic] pic.twitter.com/CxEBeKtILp— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) October 11, 2022 British Athletic writes that the mentioned duo will be absent from the field for two to three weeks. In particular, Alexander Arnold will be absent for two weeks, as he injured his ankle after Gabriel Martinelli stepped on it at the end of the first half of the game with Arsenal. Arnold stayed in the dressing room during the break between halves, at first it was thought to be a tactical change, because the England representative has been the target of criticism for some time due to his terrible defense throughout the season, and he did not even manage to deal with the Brazilian winger at the weekend. However, it turned out to be an injury.In Matip’s case, it is a calf injury, and as it usually happens, when a player injures himself, the breaks are a little longer, and Athletic predicts that he could be absent for a week longer than Arnold. And it wouldn’t be so terrible if it was only about the mentioned players, however, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Andy Robertson and Curtis Jones have been out for some time, and recently Arthur was also injured.Liverpool’s current injuries:• Luis DiazTrent Alexander Arnold• Joel Matip• Andy Robertson• Jones• Arthur• Naby Keita• Chamberlain— Sunday Liverpool Man City at Anfield pic.twitter.com/wbDMqGSouV— The Sports Magician (@Amoakosty) October 11, 2022 All of them – except maybe Jones – will not be available for tomorrow’s match with Rangers, which again should not be an insurmountable obstacle, but the English champion Manchester City will come to Anfield this weekend, and in the event of a victory, they would move to a huge 16 point advantage… And they are in a good position to achieve it.The good news in the sea of bad news is that the recently recovered Ibrahima Konate returned to the team in the defeat against Arsenal. The French stopper replaced Matip then and the same role, only from the start, he should have tomorrow at Ibrox, but also on Sunday against City. On the other hand, since there is no “natural” replacement for Arnold, Klopp will almost certainly entrust Joe Gomez with the position of right back. Furthermore, if Robertson does not recover in time for the 11th round derby, Tsimikas will once again start near the left out-line, which puts Klopp in a situation where he will go to the Champions League with a practically spare defensive line. True, the main link will be in the team, Virgil van Dijk is healthy, although he too cannot boast of the form he was in in previous years.##NAJAVA_MECA_6716156##And not only him, but a fair share of the team. First of all, Mohamed Salah, who scored only two goals in eight Premier League games this season… And City are not the only difficult rival that awaits the Reds in the coming period. Already in the next round, they welcome the reawakened West Ham, at the end of the month they will visit Ajax, at the beginning of October duels with Napoli and Tottenham… By then, Liverpool could be excluded from the championship race, if they have not already given up on it.
