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Our Liverpool blogger, Dave Tindall, reviews the latest defeat in the year in Europe and believes that a special combination in the middle must be abandoned.
Being a fan of Liverpool in recent years has been a bargaining exercise with ridiculous highs and miserable lows, then you would have thought it would become easier when we swing from one to the other to within a few days.
This is not the case.
Saturday night, we were all smiling. . Another goal by Mo Salah, a superb free-kick from Trent Alexander-Arnold and a welcome strike from Roberto Firmino showed a difficult match at Vicarage Road.
There was even a very beautiful symmetry. In our first full season under Klopp, we lost 3-0 after being overwhelmed. Last year, at the opening day, Liverpool, a crazy and exciting, drew 3-3. And this time, the current, more mature Reds have completed the reverse by excluding them, but still scoring three again ourselves.
The Watford result reflects the evolution of Reds
from 0-3 to 3-3 at 3-0. These results against Watford perfectly reflected our evolution.
It meant that after 13 games, we had 33 points – our best total in the Premier League season after that number of games – and we were still unbeaten (Best Previous? 32 in 2008-09, the # 39, the year we finished second
The goal-against column is even more impressive, with only five conceded in those 13 games, a remarkable turnaround from the previous season when we shipped 18 at this stage. 19659003] 
Then came Wednesday night
In itself, the 2-1 defeat of PSG was not a crime. And yet, he completed a trio of defeats away from home in Group C.
Why have we become so fragile on the road in Europe and have we yet a record on the outside in the Premier League with five wins, two draws and defeats? Goals conceded in three away matches for the euro: 5. Goals conceded in seven Premier League matches away: 4.
Jurgen even called us "stubborn" after the victory of Watford.
Is it simply the strength of the opposition?
European Concern
It was supposed to be PSG that could not adapt to play better teams after facing a poor opposition every week in their national league, but, hey , maybe it's us.
Four of our five away victories were won at Crystal Palace, Leicester, Huddersfield and Watford and, although we beat an out-of-shape Spurs, we in our games had to draw against other opponents of the upper clbad, 1-1 at Chelsea and Arsenal.
The contrast may be only a matter of tactics.
Our new functional approach seems designed to not concede goals and the weakest Premier League teams do not have the clbad ahead to break us. If we mark two or even one, that will probably suffice.
In Europe, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lorenzo Insigne all scored their goals. Eden Hazard and Alexandre Lacazette fired one after the other.
Or maybe we are simply caught between two styles in Europe.
Jurgen Klopp tries to give us a stronger platform by playing a flat and rather sturdy midfielder, but he turns against him.
Take this SimonBrundish statistic on Twitter: 13 shots on goal in 782 minutes of football with Wijnaldum-Henderson-Milner in the middle of the field.
13 shots on goal in 782 minutes of football with Wijnaldum-Henderson-Milner in the midfield
– SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) Nov. 28, 2018
This is a goal and half framed per match.
Individually, these three deserve much praise (well, Henderson divides opinion as no one does) but plays them all at the same time and the midfielder becomes an overweight bull, unable to charge and use his horns.
Solution of midfielder
Ironically, the solution could fall under our noses.
Klopp recognized the same mid-field problem some time ago and sought to create a distinction by buying a complete defensive bumper and a more mercurial Schemer.
It is fair to say that he had very few returns from Fabinho and Naby Keita until now, but sometimes it's like that. They do not become bad players. Patience is necessary and, while we wait, we are vulnerable in big games.
To be honest, the problem of days away is not a new phenomenon.
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While thrills 7-0 and 5-0 The victories at Maribor and Porto suggest that we would be much better off. Last season, we also drew in Moscow and Sevilla in the group stage. And in our last two days in Europe, we lost 4-2 in Rome and 3-1 in the final against Real Madrid.
In other words, it is a feast or a famine. We are either one or concede a lot and usually lose. Klopp now seems able to succeed in the Premier League.
On the bright side, the boss had a number of problems to solve during his tenure in Liverpool and found many solutions.
We could not beat the leaders who came to defend themselves. We needed a new left back, a central defender commander and a guard. The Klopp spreadsheet is checked now.
And that is what should give Liverpool supporters the badurance that he will find other answers.
While Naples, Belgrade and Paris were all depressing nights, we still have release card from prison to play in the Champions League. Beat Napoli 1-0 or by two clear goals and we are in the round of 16 despite the trio of daily excursions to the outside.
Another famous night at Anfield awaits December 11. It is not finished yet. 19659003] Dave Tindall
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