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I am not happy with Liverpool's performance; the team needs a midfielder. If you consider the preseason game between Liverpool and Bayern Munich today, you will understand what I mean. The game started out well, but Liverpool scored two goals before Bayern Munich, and before it was over, Bayern Munich scored again to defeat Liverpool 4-3. To be honest, it would be better if Liverpool didn't waste opportunity to sign a midfield player, Because the league will begin in a few weeks and will be even more difficult than before, if they didn't acquire a solid midfielder, I don't think they can still qualify to the champion league in the next season.
Bayern Munich fought back despite Liverpool's best efforts to defeat them because they could see that Liverpool's midfield position had changed. Every position in football needs to be secured and occupied by a player who is capable of doing so, and the midfield is where a team will struggle to score goals and will quickly tyre because the midfield player is the one who will be required to carry the bulk of the team's weight. My counsel to Liverpool is to move quickly and sign a quality midfielder to prevent underwhelming performances the following season.
I have watched some of Liverpool's matches during this pre-season and one area we had suffered severely is in the area of defense. It's just too porous. Not having a defensive midfielder makes it even worse. We often score goals and are unable to maintain our leads which is just disappointing. Playing a high line makes it even worse. Majority of bayern's goals were in our final 3rd and it proved that.
The good thing about this thus far is that the team is in the market for a DMF. I'm certain we'll have one soon before the transfer window closes and possibly another defender since Matip and Gomez can seem to get the job done anymore. Look at that Gnabry goal. He should have done better.