Klopp used 26 players in the Champions League group stages with Tyler Morton playing more minutes than Firmino, Milner, Naby and Thiago.
Group of Depth.
Kostas played more FA Cup minutes than Fabinno. Taki more than Bobby. Harvey more than Thiago. Tyler Morton more than Milner. Conor Bradley more than Divock. A total squad run.
Excluding Virgil (2018) and Ibou (2021), LFC have spent a grand total of £8m on the following centerbacks in the last 7 years:
Steven Caulker, Joel Matip, Ragnar Klavan, Sepp van den Berg, Ben Fucking Davies, and Ozan Kabak.
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, “The Champions of Europe!”, they all sing in Scouse.
Three trophies were placed in the cabinet with care, In hopes that the League soon would be there ...
Mo Salah on 13 days rest.
Sadio Mane on 13 days rest.
Bobby Firmino on 13 days rest.
Virgil van Dijk on 13 days rest.
Gini Wijnaldum on 13 days rest.
James Milner on 13 days rest.
Andy Robertson on 13 days rest.
Trent A-A on 13 days rest.
Most Minutes Played XI This Season: Alisson, Virgil, Gomez, Andy, Trent, Fabinho, Gini, Henderson, Sadio, Mo, Bobby.
Best XI? Probably.
# of times they've started together? 0
Lazio paid about £10m for Lucas & Luis Alberto. 16 goals + 26 assists over 10,000 minutes between them this year. Don't think a place to train and some orange slices is asking too much.
Sitting on an 11-year run, Bayern challenged the gods by signing not one but two longtime Spurs desperate to finally win something. There was ever only going to be one outcome.
Early December 2017: Andy Robertson had only started 4 times. AOC was just warming up. Simon & Karius were back & forth as the
#1
. All we had for Naby was a Countdown & no one had a clue that Virgil was going to sign for us in a few weeks.
It's been a big year.
Since Everton last won a trophy, Trent A-A was born, learned to walk, joined LFC as a 6 year-old, moved through the Academy, made his 1st team debut, won the Champions League, the Club World Cup, the Premier League, and got a damn mural painted in his honor.
Lallana + Ings + Solanke. 790 minutes of 1st team football this year. Our reserve RB has more goals than them. Our reserve LB has more assists than them.
This is a gambit for the ages.
692 appearances and over 34,000 minutes played between them. The most unorthodox
#7
and
#9
you could draw up. And maybe the most perfect for this era of lovable conquerors of world football. Liverpool are them and they are Liverpool. Godspeed, Jimmy and Bobby.
First XI of this decade: Reina Carra Kyrgiakos Insua Degen Aurelio Masch Lucas Ngog Dirk
Last XI of this decade: Alisson Trent Nat Fab Robbo Hendo Milner Curtis Mo Bobby Sadio
LFC signed Jordan Henderson 4,430 days ago. Given how it started, you'd never imagined how it would go. Given how it went, you'd never imagine how it ended.
Absolutely zero complains if Gini walks after next season. 5 years, the prime of his career (25-30 years old), more than 200 appearances and almost 3000 minutes played ... per season.
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a team above ours, wools and the Scouse.
The clean sheets were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that our Virgil never cuts his hair ...