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Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are struggling to score, yet Liverpool are repeatedly crossing the ball and results aren’t changing. What was Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity again?

Liverpool have produced 104 crosses from open play in their last four games, with 30 of those coming against Burnley.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was whipping the ball in over and over, and his 5ft-something team-mates were failing to meet them.

I scored my fair share of goals with my head but, at 6ft 3in, I had a fighting chance! Burnley’s big defenders were gobbling up Alexander-Arnold’s crosses.

Trent Alexander-Arnold was whipping the ball in and his team-mates were failing to meet it
Burnleyu2019s big defenders were gobbling up Alexander-Arnoldu2019s crosses, but Liverpool kept at it

Burnley’s big defenders were gobbling up Alexander-Arnold’s crosses, but Liverpool kept at it

But still Liverpool relied on this tactic, as they have in their previous goal-shy games.