Here are your evening Liverpool headlines on Monday, October 31.
Liverpool midfield absence explained and three other things spotted in training ahead of Napoli
Liverpool will hope to finish their Champions League group campaign with a flourish when they entertain Napoli on Tuesday.
The Reds - who are already qualified for the knockout stages - welcome the Serie A leaders knowing they have to win by four goals to leapfrog the visitors and secure top spot in Group A. Jurgen Klopp put his players through their paces at Kirkby on Monday afternoon as they continue their preparations for the Anfield clash.
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But what could be gleaned from the session?
Liverpool's lack of midfield options has been a real headache for Klopp for much of the season. Injuries have decimated his choice and when players have been available, they haven't always been fully fit, so there was a sense of unease at Jordan Henderson not being spotted out on the pitch alongside the rest of the Liverpool squad.
Ian Doyle has the full story HERE.
Liverpool have chance to put 'scary' habit behind them as Jurgen Klopp faces Napoli dilemma
Losing to Leeds is not something Liverpool can afford to be doing at this moment in time.
It is a game you have got to win, with all due respect to Leeds. I expected Liverpool to win, like everyone else, so that scoreline was a shock. There were too many misplaced passes and we just didn’t look right. We’ve really got to work hard for our goals, especially in the league, and Leeds’ two goals could have been so easily avoided.
We have not been our usual freescoring selves this season, with the exception of the Bournemouth game at Anfield, so you’ve got to make sure you are right at the back. We went behind again on Saturday and we’ve got real problems in defence. Liverpool will know they've lost the league and they are now in the serious dilemma of going for the top four with all the other teams around them winning.
The team are going to have to play catch-up after the World Cup and there will be no excuses after the tournament because players will be back from injury while a number of them will not even be going to Qatar. We may have to move in the market, too, the way things are going.
To read the rest of John Aldridge's column, click HERE.
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