3 reasons why Liverpool's League Cup defeat to Chelsea might be a good thing

#2 Liverpool can repeat their Champions League performance with a bolstered squad:

The 2017-18 season saw Liverpool participate in the Champions League qualifiers but they classified to the final defeating squads like Porto, Manchester City, and Roma in the way. Though their Premier League form was not consistent throughout the season, they showed enough character to go up against big teams from Europe and win over two legs when it mattered the most.

In the Knockout stages, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, and Oxlade-Chamberlain contributed to a very strong midfield three. Though Ox is out for most of this season with an injury, the new players in Fabinho, Keita Shaqiri provide new dimensions to the Liverpool midfield.

Fabinho has already been a defensive anchor in the Monaco midfield for some seasons now before coming to Liverpool, while additionally doubling up as center-back sometimes. Naby Keita is a complete box-to-box midfielder who can contribute both defensively and in attack as well, and can be the perfect replacement for Coutinho who left last season.

Xherdan Shaqiri provides the X-factor which Liverpool sometimes lacked last season and can come up as a super substitute and score important goals to make the difference. With added potential in attack, their defensive woes also look sorted with Alisson in goal and Virgil Van Dijk along with Lovren or Gomez in center back roles.

Edited by Victor R. Lopez M.