A defensive liability... harsh or fair? Is he just the scapegoat in a team that was destined to drop off eventually? Make no bones about about it, Thiago Alcantara has not been the same player for Liverpool that helped to guide Bayern Munich to global domination last season.
But after Jamie Carragher’s savaging last week, is too much being made about the Spaniard’s poor form, or has he messed things up for Jurgen Klopp’s midfield and become “a liability defensively”?
Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and Georginio Wijnaldum had held down the fort in stellar fashion over the last couple of seasons, recycling possession and looking to the full-backs of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson to provide that creative spark they needed.
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