Liverpool have become “victims of their own success”, says Jason McAteer, with the ability to name a settled side considered to be responsible for injury struggles at Anfield.
Game time has been catching up with certain members of the Reds squad this season, with fitness setbacks being suffered on a regular basis.
Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Thiago Alcantara, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Trent Alexander-Arnold, James Milner, Alisson and Diogo Jota have all spent time on the treatment table, with some still there.
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