Analysis from Ian Doyle after Liverpool's clash with Aston Villa in the Premier League on Monday
A sure sign this wasn’t the most important game of Liverpool’s season came with 15 minutes of normal time remaining. But of the four substitutions Jurgen Klopp made in one fell swoop, it was the removal of Wataru Endo that ultimately took a hard-earned victory away from the visitors.
But Mac Allister, despite filling in admirably for much of the first half of the campaign, isn’t a defensive midfielder by trade. Endo can't play every game. And with Stefan Bajcetic – here an unused substitute – still at the start of his burgeoning career, incoming boss Arne Slot will know exactly where his squad can immediately be strengthened.
The duo have been – along with Andy Robertson, who missed out here with a minor injury – arguably the Reds’ best performers over the past six weeks. But Gakpo’s sprint for the finish line and the flourish from Elliott will surely offer Slot serious food for thought. They are proving they can be part of the next Liverpool era.It was wholly appropriate that Jurgen Klopp’s away adventure should come to an end at Villa Park. The stadium, after all, has hosted some of the most memorable, mystifying and frankly maddening road trips for Liverpool during the past decade.
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