What was said? The key [for the team s progress] was managing to find a playing style, an identity that would get the best out of the players, Barbieri told
Goal. The best example of that is Claudinho, because of the season he had and all the awards he has received - but it is not just him, other players too. Of course, Claudinho has always been a very talented player, with great potential, but the fact he was in an organised team, which tried to get the best out of him, was important for him to have this great season.
Fabinho enjoyed being back at the heart of the midfield as Liverpool beat RB Leipzig 2-0 to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Top of the table at Christmas, Liverpool find themselves in the middle of it by March. Their title defence was over by the end of January, and even the idea of a top-four finish looks fanciful now.
At this rate, they’ll do well to make the top 10. The question now, if we even dare ask, is just how bad can things get?
There is an assumption that it simply has to improve, that the quality of the players and the manager will eventually tell, that things will click and the luck will turn.
But what if it doesn’t? What if it gets worse before it gets better? It couldn’t, could it?
Jürgen Klopp described tonight s clash with RB Leipzig as a contest to attack as he underscored Liverpool s awareness of the work still to do in the Champions League tie.