Ian Doyle worries Liverpool must prove they can handle the battle at Brentford, drawing a worrying parallel with last year’s 3-2 defeat that sparked a four-game losing streak and Arne Slot’s downfall.
Writing in the Liverpool Echo, Doyle points out that Szoboszlai, Gakpo and Isak are injury doubts, and questions whether the squad has the character to win when the midfield gets physical and set-pieces prove decisive. He acknowledges that Virgil van Dijk, Mac Allister, Kerkez and Ngumoha have shown they can scrap, but worries the big-money attacking talents—Wirtz, Barcola, and the injury-hit Isak—haven’t proven themselves the scrapper types who won trophies under Klopp.
He notes Liverpool have already shown more fight this season, coming from behind in two Premier League games and a Champions League opener. But there’s a nagging doubt among supporters they’re properly equipped for this kind of contest.
Doyle’s broader concern: Liverpool’s expensive attacking signings lack the character of past trophy-winning squads. One journalist’s reading of what matters at the Gtech Community Stadium.
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