Jurgen Klopp has solved lingering Liverpool problem and his successor will love the results
When Jurgen Klopp walks away from Liverpool at the end of the season, he'll do so in the knowledge of bequeathing his successor a team with a foundation capable of challenging for honours for years to come.
And that has involved solving a problem long highlighted, even during the Reds' greatest successes of his tenure, as a possible weakness.
Given Klopp's propensity for attacking football, that his Liverpool side were, in terms of raw numbers, lacking creativity from midfield was a curious shortcoming.
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Of course, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson having been the standard bearers for modern progressive full-back play and Liverpool possessing arguably the greatest forward triumvirate in the Premier League era in Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, there was plenty of threat elsewhere.
But as that squad has broken up and Liverpool have had to evolve, so too has the engine room. Guile and threat, though, remained not quite as it should have been. Until this season.
Harvey Elliott's hugely impressive cameo from the bench during the second half of the 3-1 Premier League win against Burnley at Anfield on Saturday saw him set up the third goal for Darwin Nunez, having already paved the way for Luis Diaz to nod Liverpool in front with as near to an assist as possible without it officially being counted as one.
Regardless, Elliott's contribution was a 15th assist from the Liverpool midfield this season. In the whole of last season, the engine room managed 12. And it reflects an increase in goal threat throughout the team.
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