It is not so long ago that Jürgen Klopp allowed Eddie Howe access all areas at Anfield as he permitted an out of work colleague to shadow virtually his every move but, as kick off approached, Liverpool’s manager possibly regretted such generosity.
Klopp had perhaps not bargained for Howe poaching one of his key analysts, Mark Leyland, almost as soon as he took charge of Newcastle – or breathing so much new life into Steve Bruce’s old side that they represented an unexpected threat to Liverpool’s quadruple chances.
