If Jurgen Klopp thought things couldn’t get any worse for Liverpool after the evisceration at the Emirates, then one glance into the eyes of his physio told him differently.
Three more injuries, three more major problems. For all the self-inflicted wounds of this season, the biggest single factor in a startling collapse has been a series of injuries that have decimated his team.
Problems for Luis Diaz, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joel Matip take the tally so far - with the Premier League just eight matches in - well into double figures. At this stage of the campaign, that is not just alarming, it is terrifying. It suggests something has gone wrong with the pre-season. A workload either too heavy given the intensity of last season, or more likely one too light, given the rigours of English football.
