By Danny Murphy
MOTD 2 pundit and former Liverpool midfielder
It might not be deliberate but there seems to be something overly cautious about Liverpool’s play in away games at the moment, and it is starting to become a concern.
I am not just talking about Sunday’s 0-0 draw at Everton, because it has been the case for the past few weeks that Jurgen Klopp’s side have not been as dangerous as I have expected on the road.
It was the same at Manchester United last week, and at West Ham earlier in February too.
Maybe it is the pressure of being in a title race but Liverpool dropped points in all of those games, scoring only one goal in total, and on each occasion there were times when Klopp could and should have been bolder.
I do not mean they had to go for it from the start of those matches, either. It is fair enough for Liverpool to go to Goodison Park or Old Trafford and begin by keeping things tight, not open up with a really attack-minded gameplan.
What is more of a worry is that Klopp did not react to what was happening during those games, and increase his side’s attacking threat when they were offering so little compared to what we have come to expect from them.
In terms of results, I actually thought a draw at Old Trafford was OK, even with all United’s injuries, because it meant Liverpool were still top of the league.
This weekend it was different. They needed to beat Everton to go back above City but there never seemed to be a point in the game where Klopp really said ‘we are going to make changes and go for this’.
