When Liverpool head to Wembley at the end of the month for the League Cup final, they will do so with a score to settle.
The Reds’ domestic cup record has been poor under Jurgen Klopp. There is no escaping that and the German admitted as much as recently as last week when previewing his side’s FA Cup fourth round clash with Cardiff City.
But despite what his critics might claim, it isn’t for a lack of trying. Gone are the early days of Klopp’s reign when he recalled a plethora of youth players from loan spells to field a mismatch of a side in domestic cup competition.
