Ian Wright has claimed that Jordan Henderson was ‘absolutely rattled’ during Liverpool’s 2-2 draw against Fulham over the weekend, as he told his own podcast.
It was a game to forget for a number of Liverpool players at Craven Cottage, with Wright highlighting £20 million skipper Henderson, the now injured, Thiago Alcantara and the usually error-free, Virgil van Dijk.
Either way, it’s a game Jurgen Klopp and Co. will want to forget as quickly as possible and probably be glad that they managed to get a point out of it.
Not many people expected it, but Marco Silva’s side didn’t play like a newly-promoted side, but Premier League regulars full of confidence and attacking flair.
It could be argued that, if anyone deserved the three points, then it was the London club, who dominated England’s second tier last season by winning the Championship title.
Nonetheless, when Wright spoke about Liverpool in his latest podcast looking over the opening weekend results, this is what he had to say about Henderson.
“Liverpool were probably thinking to themselves ‘yeh, we expect them to start like this and then it would open up and we will get going’,” said Wright.
“Henderson was getting absolutely rattled and rashed. Thiago was getting rash. Even Virgil van Dijk looked a little bit uncomfortable.”
PALACE TO FEEL LIVERPOOL’S WRATH
Crystal Palace lost their opening game of the season – they kicked off proceedings last Friday and suffered a 2-0 loss to Arsenal.
Well, now it’s their turn to make the trip to Merseyside, where Liverpool will be looking to take their anger out on Patrick Vieira’s side.
Given the high levels both Liverpool and Manchester City have hit over the years, even dropped points on the first week of the season will feel massive for the Reds.
At the end of the day, the Premier League title was won on the last day of the previous campaign.
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