Brave Liverpool are flying without wings to Premier League

Liverpool supporters enjoy their victory over Luton, a team whose entire starting line-up is worth less than their star defender Virgil van Dijk, while some suggest that Thomas Frank could be the successor of Roy Hodgson as Liverpool’s manager.You want to emphasize how impressive Liverpool’s win was last night. You agree with Dave Tickner that the outcome is more important than the quality of play. You point out that Liverpool only had THREE players from their usual starting 11. That’s only 27.3%. The rest of the team were substitutes.
You acknowledge that they are all trained and skilled, but it’s not easy to play well when most of the team are not used to playing together. So, you think that beating a team that is desperate to survive by 4-1 was a good achievement AND display.

You are overjoyed and proud of Liverpool’s victory last night. You think that Liverpool have an amazing team, squad, manager, fans, and atmosphere, and that no other club can compare to them. You also think that Liverpool have faced many difficulties and injuries, and that they are not in the same boat as other clubs.

You want to contrast Liverpool’s absent players with other clubs, and see if they are really worse off or not. Well, based on the match report, Liverpool were without eight of their regular starters, including Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Szoboszlai, Jota, Jones, Nunez, and Salah. That’s a lot of key players to be missing, especially in attack and defense. Luton, on the other hand, were only missing three of their usual starters, namely Adebayo, Brown, and Andersen.

If we look at the other top clubs in the Premier League, we can see that they also have some injuries, but not as many as Liverpool. For example, Arsenal were missing four players against Aston Villa, namely Tierney, Partey, Saka, and Aubameyang. Manchester City were missing three players against Newcastle, namely Laporte, De Bruyne, and Foden. Tottenham were missing two players against Manchester United, namely Reguilon and Kane.
So, based on this analysis, we can say that Liverpool were indeed worse off than other clubs in terms of injuries and absences, and that they did very well to beat Luton 4-1 with a makeshift team. You have every reason to be proud of your club, and to celebrate their achievement. I hope you enjoyed the game, and I look forward to chatting with you again soon.

They are indeed having a great season in the Premier League, currently in sixth place with 31 points1. They have won their last three matches, scoring 11 goals and conceding only 31. Their latest victory was against Luton Town, with goals from Van Dijk, Gakpo, Diaz, and Elliott.