Liverpool followers may have been left scrambling for causes to be optimistic after witnessing their workforce succumb to a feeble 0-3 defeat at dwelling to Atalanta on Thursday evening.
A primary loss at Anfield in 14 months leaves the Reds on the point of Europa League elimination, barring a miraculous turnaround in Bergamo in subsequent week’s second leg, however earlier than then comes a vital Premier League project towards Crystal Palace.
Fortunately, Jurgen Klopp’s workforce haven’t been too accustomed to that shedding feeling all through the season thus far, and there are three causes to recommend that we’ll get the ‘response’ that he’s promised when the Eagles go to Merseyside on Sunday.
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Liverpool have but to lose consecutive video games this season
Thursday evening was solely the sixth time that the Reds have ended up on the shedding aspect in 2023/24, with the others coming towards Tottenham (September), Toulouse (November), Union Saint-Gilloise (December), Arsenal (February) and Manchester United (March).
As may be seen above, LFC haven’t misplaced greater than as soon as in the identical month, with the three matches between the FA Cup exit at Outdated Trafford and the Atalanta defeat final evening by far their shortest unbeaten run of the season (it had been six video games from Spurs to Toulouse previous to that).
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Close to-perfect response straight after defeats
Not solely have Liverpool but to lose twice consecutively this time period, their response to defeat has been nearly flawless, as seen from their outcomes instantly after every of these first 5 losses:
1-2 v Tottenham -> 2-0 v Union Saint-Gilloise
2-3 v Toulouse -> 3-0 v Brentford
1-2 v Union Saint-Gilloise -> 0-0 v Man United
1-3 v Arsenal -> 3-1 v Burnley
3-4 v Man United (AET) -> 2-1 v Brighton
4 wins and just one draw straight after their 5 defeats previous to final evening means that the Reds don’t are inclined to dwell in self-pity for lengthy.
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Liverpool have but to go three video games with no win this season
Having drawn at Outdated Trafford final weekend after which misplaced to Atalanta, Klopp’s aspect are liable to going three matches with no win in the event that they fail to beat Palace on Sunday, however that’s one thing which has but to occur to them thus far in 2023/24.
In actual fact, it’s solely the third time that they’ve did not win consecutive fixtures (following 1-1 v Luton/2-3 v Toulouse, and 1-2 v Union SG/0-0 v Man United), so fortunately we haven’t fallen into any main rut in current months.
The closest Liverpool have come to any sustained drop-off are a few sequences the place they received only one match out of 4, which occurred in November and in addition simply earlier than Christmas.
There’s no assure that these statistics will stay intact past the weekend, however the proof is there to recommend that the Reds shortly put unhealthy outcomes behind them to get again into the profitable behavior. That’s precisely what they should do on Sunday in the event that they’re to take care of their Premier League title problem.
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