Liverpool drew 1-1 away at West Ham United on Monday night.
Liverpool dropped points for the second game in a row on Monday night as they could only draw 1-1 away at West Ham United.
The Reds were looking to bounce back from drawing at home to Leicester City, especially as Manchester City had beaten Arsenal on Sunday afternoon.
Sadio Mane set Liverpool on their way with the opening goal, though Michail Antonio equalised from a smart free kick routine, and the game ended in a draw.
Liverpool lacked real spark going forward, even though Klopp again used Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Mane as his attacking trio.
Salah carved out a couple of openings for himself but nothing glaring, whilst the performance of Firmino was a major concern yet again.
The Brazilian has blown hot and cold this season; Firmino hit a hat-trick against Arsenal in December, but has just two goals in his last 10 games outside of that hat-trick.
Firmino, 27, has been key for Klopp ever since his arrival at Anfield more than three years ago, but going from a hat-trick to not looking like scoring at all sums up his season really.
After the game, pundit Jamie Carragher told Sky Sports (04/02/2019, 10pm) that Firmino – who owns around £180,000-a-week at Anfield according to The Telegraph – ‘doesn’t seem himself’ right now, and feels that it’s a big worry for Klopp going forward.
“Keita, who they paid big money for, in midfield keeps losing the ball. Firmino doesn’t seem himself. Salah, we didn’t see anything from him tonight,” said Carragher. “That’s a worry going forward. Not in terms of this pressure in the League. More actually when there are a few injuries in different positions, it doesn’t look like that solid, real Liverpool side that we’ve seen for the last four of five months. It doesn’t quite feel right,” he added.
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