Leicester (a) League Cup 19/9/17 19.45 Sky

[Shaggy]

[ame]https://twitter.com/AnfieldHQ/status/910617571858239488[/ame]

[danperkins]

Wouldn't have made a difference as Lovern is ****e. More excuses coming out from Liverpool camp. ****ed up in the transfer window, own it.

[red g]

Stable defence and Lovren thats not a sentence that will be wrote too often.

[Chris]

Him getting every virus and niggle going is hardly new! You’d think we’d plan for these things...!

[labourRed]

https://twitter.com/AnfieldHQ/status/910617571858239488

That same defender who had several niggles last year. Just wait until Matip joins in and we're lining up against Chelsea etc with Gomez and Klavan.

[Irishnev]

Stable defence and Lovren thats not a sentence that will be wrote too often.

[labourRed]

That same defender who had several niggles last year. Just wait until Matip joins in and we're lining up against Chelsea etc with Gomez and Klavan.

Just saw that Matip nor Lovren trained today. We could line up against Leicester in the league with Moreno, Klavan, Gomez, and TAA.

[Nicey]

Sweet Mother of Baby Jesus ... let's hope Vardy is still not available otherwise he will carve that lot up like a Christmas turkey

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

"Klopp craves stable defence"

I've never criticised Klopp but since he took over he's had 4 transfer windows and it was clear to everyone that our defence was a shambles.

He's brought in;

GK - Karius - £7m
RB - NIL
CB - Matip - Free
CB - Klavan - ?
LB - Robertson - £8m

is it any wonder it hasn't improved?

[labourRed]

Klopp spoke before the Burnley fixture about how much he trusted his defenders, but Lovren’s absenteeism has started to become a worrying theme of his Liverpool career. Despite criticism of the Croatian - who signed a new Liverpool contract last season - the team concede fewer goals and have a higher win rate when he is on the pitch.

Since signing for Liverpool in 2014, the 28-year-old Croatian has missed 37 of Liverpool’s 119 Premier League games. The most consecutive league games he has started under Klopp is eleven.

Klopp has only been able to select his first choice central defensive pairing of Lovren and Joel Matip on 19 occasions since Matip’s arrival a year ago. Liverpool have played 43 league games since then. As a duo, Lovren and Matip have conceded only 15 Premier League goals.

This inconsistency in selection due to injury is one of the reasons Liverpool’s need for central defensive reinforcement was so essential last summer, but as recently as last week the manager spoke about the trust he has in the personnel at his disposal.

“With all the history before I came in and since I've been here with how people talk about these players, you really should try one time to go out there and ask other clubs what they think about these defenders and whether they would like to pick them. You would be really surprised,” Klopp said last week.

“I'd give them all the advice: don't read anything. But with the world of social media that's quite difficult for the boys. They all know what people think and say in this moment.

All the signs have been there. This has been a huge blunder. He gets a pass from me but it will need rectified next year.

[Bender]

"Klopp craves stable defence"

I've never criticised Klopp but since he took over he's had 4 transfer windows and it was clear to everyone that our defence was a shambles.

He's brought in;

GK - Karius - £7m
RB - NIL
CB - Matip - Free
CB - Klavan - ?
LB - Robertson - £8m

is it any wonder it hasn't improved?

Woah mega bucks spent on defensive improvements......

[Maxiedge]

“With all the history before I came in and since I've been here with how people talk about these players, you really should try one time to go out there and ask other clubs what they think about these defenders and whether they would like to pick them. You would be really surprised,” Klopp said last week.

Haha, that's what they told you mate. I guess they also said they would love to have Mignolet in goal??

[Fosterbloke]

Wouldn't have made a difference as Lovern is ****e. More excuses coming out from Liverpool camp. ****ed up in the transfer window, own it.

LOVREN, IT's ****ING LOVREN, NOT LOVERN.

[Bender]

LOVREN, IT's ****ING LOVREN, NOT LOVERN.

WOW
You must be one hell of a Super fan of Lovren to get this wound up at a wrong spelling

[Red_Polo]

WOW
You must be one hell of a Super fan of Lovren to get this wound up at a wrong spelling

Have to admit, I seethe every time I see that but bite my tongue

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