Nothing lasts forever. And Pep Lijnders has long acknowledged the problem a demoralised, dishevelled Liverpool are now facing.
"Teams adapt, teams try to destroy our plans and it's most important that we stay unpredictable," said the assistant manager. "Unpredictability means that from each position we can play the last pass, we can speed up the game as much as we can."
Lijnders was speaking almost two years ago as he explained the thinking behind the signings of Diogo Jota and, in particular, Thiago Alcantara and what they could bring to a championship-winning Reds side.
