Premier League champions visit Southampton on Monday night looking to keep their title defence on track after dropping points in successive games against Newcastle and West Brom.
Jurgen Klopp's side still went into 2021 on top of the table, but they haven't been helped by a crippling injury crisis that has seen Fabinho playing much of the season as a makeshift centre-half.
With Joel Matip having joined Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez on Liverpool's casualty count, Klopp is desperately short of defensive options, with youngsters Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams his only specialist centre-halves.
And John Aldridge urged his former club to act as soon as the transfer window opens on Saturday - saying Klopp's side won't retain their crown unless.
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