Liverpool end year on top, but clinical edge is missing

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Liverpool will end the year top of the Premier League and after all the defensive injury problems they have suffered that is no mean feat. But Juergen Klopp's side need to rediscover their clinical edge fast.

For the second time in a four days Liverpool had the opportunity to extend their lead to five points but fired blanks in a 0-0 draw at struggling Newcastle United on Wednesday.

It is not what has come to be expected from a Liverpool side that churned out victories for fun last season even when not firing on all cylinders -- virtually wrapping up the title by the time the Premier League went into a three-month shutdown in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Having said all that, however, Liverpool end an unprecedented year three points clear of Manchester United who have a game in hand -- a position Klopp will be satisfied with after losing key central defenders Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez to season-ending injuries early in the campaign.

"The last thing I'm thinking about is our position in the table at the moment. It's nice but it doesn't mean anything," Klopp said.

 

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