If there is any way at all to succinctly encapsulate the problems that have engulfed Liverpool this season, it can be found in the news around Stefan Bajcetic this week.
First it was revealed on Tuesday that the teenage midfielder would be absent for the Reds' trip to Real Madrid in the Champions League after he suffered an adductor muscle injury at Bournemouth last week.
Last season, fans and journalists alike would barely have blinked had an Academy product of such raw inexperience not made the trip for an important away-day in the European Cup. Such inclusions for players of Bajcetic's standing are usually given as rewards for their progress at youth level; a chance to rub shoulders with their more exalted and decorated colleagues; an opportunity to soak up what it is like to operate at the very highest level.
