The injuries, fatigue, tiredness, the lack of financial backing from management, loss of form suffered by players and so on. To justify Liverpool's current failure and the manager's inability to get the best out of the player, you could pick up a lot of excuses.
Jurgen Klopp's fisting pumping parade has ended, now he begs for mercy over his team's catastrophic display which sadly has become a norm this season. How did it change, you can ask?
Well, Sadio Mane has left. Most of Liverpool's games have been architected by a Senegalese. His aggressive press, fantastic dribbling skills, vision to pick out Mohamed Salah in good position and off course, his goal has alluded Liverpool this season.
Without him drifting in and out of the left flank and most times centrally, it has subdued Andrew Robertson from going forward and putting in those crosses. Jurgen Klopp bears much of the blame for Mane's unfortunate departure.
Shamefully, the manager fought hard to improve Salah's $250,000 to $400,000-a-week but fought less to see Mane's wages increase from $90,000-a-week to $250,000-a-week. That lack of respect remains the major reason why Mane had to leave Liverpool.
His departure have seen Liverpool pay over $180m on new recruits and yet nothing of them (Luis Diaz, Nunez Darwin and Gakpo) have been able to deliver.
Sadly, Mane's exit isn't the only issue Liverpool have failed to deal with under Klopp. The manager has refused to sign a deep and ball playing midfielder to replace his injury prone midfielders like Naby Keita, Oxlade Chamberlian and others.
Klopp has also refused to sign a right back to give Trent Alexander Arnold a proper fight for his position.
Finally, Jurgen Klopp's regimented training sessions have seen half of the squad struggle with form and fitness issues. Van Dijk is injured, so is Jones, Henderson, Firmino 'should be sold', Arthur Melo, 'no practical reason why he was signed' and Luis Diaz are all out.
To conclude, Liverpool's going to be playing Real Madrid in the quarter finals of the UEFA Champions League with an almost unrecognizable team. The defending is porous, the midfield weak and attack very reliant on Mohamed Salah's erratic form and fitness.
Jurgen Klopp's story is over, in the same way that all stories end. Thank you for everything and farewell on the path of management, Jurgen Klopp.
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