Liverpool 2020/21 season ratings: Mohamed Salah 9, Jurgen Klopp 5, Roberto Firmino 5

A season of struggles for Jurgen Klopp's side before a late rally in the Premier League

LIVERPOOL 2020/21 SEASON RATINGS: Jurgen Klopp 5 - The 53-year-old did not cope with the defensive injury crisis. He allowed Dejan Lovren to be sold and not replaced, meaning that the squad was left with just three front-line centre-backs. Then he tried to solve the back-four problems by using midfielders. That affected the balance of the side. Once he deployed dedicated, albeit inexperienced, centre-backs and returned Fabinho to the midfield, things improved. Rival managers came to terms with his tactics and Klopp was slow to adapt. Things got back on track in the last month of the season but even then the team were living on a knife-edge. Getty

Tony Evans

May 25, 2021

Liverpool were top of the table in December before the wheels came off their Premier League defence.

Injuries, particularly to first-choice defensive pairing Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez, took their toll and Jurgen Klopp's side really started to struggle.

The 7-2 defeat at Aston Villa in October - the heaviest loss suffered by any reigning Premier League champions - proved to be an omen for what lay ahead.

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Tottenham Hotspur 2020/21 season ratings: Harry Kane 8, Jose Mourinho 3, Gareth Bale 8

A horrible run of six defeats at Anfield between January and March - including against relegated Fulham and arch rivals Everton - saw the Reds slip down the table.

A 3-1 drubbing at Real Madrid was the end of their Champions League hopes at the quart-final stage, and a League Cup penalty shootout loss to Arsenal and FA Cup reverse at Manchester United meant a trophyless season.

However, a welcome change in Premier League form saw Liverpool sneak back into the top four, and their place in next season's Champions League was confirmed with a victory over Crystal Palace on the final day of the season.

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