#2 Liverpool’s Jekyll and Hyde form continues
Liverpool have had a few atrocious games this season where barely any of the players turned up and led to bad losses starting from Burnley away in August, to Swansea at home recently, and against Leicester a couple of gameweeks ago. The fact that none of those defeats came against the top 6 shows their mentality against more defensive opposition. But, after the 3-1 win against Arsenal last week, there was a better mood all around with lessons being learnt.
However, when the game began, barring one chance created by the ever-reliable Sadio Mane, the team was flat for most of the half. Emre Can, Adam Lallana and Phillipe Coutinho were sloppy in their passing and did not look sharp at all when the team attacked. As Burnley pushed Liverpool deeper even after the goal, there was a notable silence in the crowd as recent losses against teams from the bottom of the table started playing in their heads.
During these times, it is sometimes necessary to have a bit of luck and Liverpool were finally provided with the same at the stroke of half-time. Gini Wijnaldum took full advantage of it to draw Liverpool level going into the break.
