Liverpool, like many other teams around Europe this season, have struggled with injuries lately.
The obvious stand-outs are Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip – all of whom will sit out the remainder of the season because of serious fitness woes.
But if we take a look at the squad as a whole, we see that – as stated below – we’ve been at least six players shy for a third of our games this season.
Taking that into account, there can be little wonder why Liverpool aren’t firing on all cylinders, like they were last year.
Take a look at the image below (via Andrew Beasley):