`Mo Salah scored the most goals. Van Dijk regained his peak form. Alisson competed for the Golden Glove again. Trent Alexander-Arnold is performing excellently as a left-back in the middle. But perhaps the performance
The 2022-2023 season can be considered a low point for Liverpool under Klopp’s reign, when they failed in all competitions, not even in the top 4 in the Premier League, so they lost their place in the Champions League.
Coach Jurgen Klopp directs during Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat of Arsenal in the third round of the FA Cup at Emirates Stadium, London on January 7, 2024.
However, with a combination of new faces, young players from the academy and reliable veterans, Liverpool is making a smooth transition.
Sky Sports assesses that a bright future awaits Liverpool’s new generation of players this season, and their team has the potential to achieve similar success to previous seasons under Klopp.
In addition to the generational transfer, Klopp’s changes in each match make the 56-year-old coach different, and more importantly, help Liverpool reap beneficial results.
The strongest statistic that emphasizes this is that Liverpool’s substitute players scored and assisted a total of 30 goals in all competitions, including 15 goals and 15 assists.
Liverpool leads in the number of goals scored from substitute players in all competitions, compared to other Premier League teams.
Amid debate about whether English football should switch completely to allowing teams to substitute five people per match, Klopp enthusiastically supported it.
Such mid-match personnel changes have helped Liverpool have many important victories in the past few months.
The only exception came in the 0-0 draw with Man Utd at Anfield, when Klopp agreed to switch tactics to 4-2-4 in the second half to strengthen the attack.
Liverpool is the club that has won the most points from being behind in the Premier League this season with 19 points, including 12 points away from home.
What’s interesting is that these changes are part of the squad rotation.
However, they only used a total of 23 players – the lowest in the Premier League this season.
Coach Klopp brought in young midfielder Jarell Quansah to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold in Liverpool’s 3-0 defeat of Brentford in round 12 of the Premier League at Anfield on November 12, 2023.
Klopp’s belief in young players also solves that personnel problem.
Harvey Elliott is in his sixth season in the Premier League, but is only 20 years old and can still thrive.
`It is the super subs who are the important factors that have created success for Liverpool and Klopp up to now. Together with a group of experienced and well-known stars, Klopp’s Liverpool 2.0 has become a major force entering the world.