Here are the Liverpool morning headlines for Monday, November 23.
Rodgers questions injury narrative
Liverpool set a new club record on Sunday night by beating Leicester City 3-0 at Anfield. It was their 64th successive league game without defeat on home turf. As every other team in the Premier League has lost at home already in 2020/21, it’s a serious achievement.
Ahead of the game, Reds fans were worried about how their side would cope with their horrendous injury list, but the stand-ins did superbly as the Reds put in arguably their best performance of the season.
“Fabinho has played there against Chelsea and against top players. Andy Robertson has always played, Alisson is the number one goalkeeper and James Milner wherever he plays he does an incredible job,” he said.
The former Liverpool manager’s full thoughts on the match make for very interesting reading.
Keita and Shaqiri injuries explained
While Jurgen Klopp was delighted with how his team performed last night, he was left to lament yet another injury.
Naby Keita was playing well in his first start since the 7-2 defeat at Villa Park, but had to be withdrawn after 54 minutes due to a hamstring problem. “It was the perfect night until Naby left the pitch,” Klopp said after the match, and he wasn’t wrong.
Many people thought Xherdan Shaqiri would have featured in the match too, but he picked up a muscle problem while on international duty last week.
The Liverpool manager will want to rotate his players for the visit of Atalanta on Wednesday night, but his options for doing so are rapidly diminishing.
Analysis from Anfield
There was much for Liverpool fans to discuss after their impressive win over in-form Leicester, and Ian Doyle has analysed the key talking points from the match here.
Diogo Jota continues to shine every time he takes to the field for the Reds, and became the first player in the club’s history to score in his first four home league games. But there was another record-setting element to his goal too.
Meanwhile, Curtis Jones goes from strength-to-strength when given an opportunity, and the patched up defence would’ve made Ray Clemence proud. As the club paid tribute to their greatest ever goalkeeper, it was fitting that they kept a clean sheet and earned three points.
