John Aldridge shared his shock at not seeing Wataru Endo within the starting-XI for Liverpool’s 2-2 draw with Brighton.
The Japanese worldwide didn’t have a component to play for the whole 90 minutes on the South Coast.
“Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Brighton was additional proof that Mac Allister will not be suited because the holding midfielder, not that we required one other reminder. I believed the sport was made for Endo, however we by no means noticed him,” the 65-year-old wrote in his column for the Echo.
“First half we have been struggling badly and didn’t defend effectively. In case you’ve bought a holding midfielder within the group, who is aware of that job, it doesn’t half assist. Brighton performed on that, particularly within the opening half.
“Mac Allister ought to be ten yards additional up the pitch as a result of he’s a extremely good participant who creates issues. He’ll play within the No.6 position as a result of he’s being requested to, however it’s not pure to him. I do know individuals blamed him for the objective, however Virgil put him in danger with that go to start with. We are able to’t be taking possibilities like that.”
It was definitely a shocking actuality to cope with on condition that Jurgen Klopp had introduced the previous Stuttgart skipper off in opposition to Royal Union Saint-Gilloise on the half-time mark.
The German tactician slowly filtering in sure gamers within the squad is nothing new – we’ve seen as a lot with Fabinho and Andy Robertson, to call a few examples, following their respective strikes from Monaco and Hull Metropolis.
The person our 56-year-old tactician described as a ‘machine’ (as reported on Liverpool’s YouTube channel), nonetheless, ought to very a lot have an even bigger half to play all through the marketing campaign, significantly ought to we decide to not add one other defensive midfielder to our ranks in January.
With the Brazilian top-flight drawing to an in depth in December, in fact, which may be an excessive amount of to hope for so far as Endo is worried, ought to we proceed to carry curiosity within the Fluminense midfielder.
