Dejan Lovren could be worked back into the side…
The substitution at 68 minutes was perhaps telling. Instead of replacing Gerrard with Joe Allen, Rodgers brought much criticised Dejan Lovren on, with Emre Can moving into midfield… Could this be telling going forward, in Lucas’s absence through injury? The £20m Croat has barely played in recent weeks due to his miserable first half of the season, but with a hectic run of games on the horizon, we’ll need to rotate our squad. It could be time for his reintroduction…