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There’s a new look about a key area of the team for Liverpool, a changing of the guard enforced by recent events, a previous zone of consistency now faced with uncertainty chess
No, we’re not talking about midfield - that particular switch-up already looks a definite upgrade, even early as it is for such conclusions chess
Instead it’s at left-back the unexpected alteration has occurred, a consequence of Andy Robertson’s need for surgery which means the Scot is out for the rest of the year chess
Having averaged over 44 appearances a season for the Reds since signing in 2017, he’ll now miss at least 17 matches, if best estimates of his return are to be believed chess
That leaves not just a gap for Kostas Tsimikas or an untested youngster to fill tactically, but a void which cannot be accounted for: that of a partnership, of understanding, of the natural, unthinking knowing which comes with playing hundreds of matches alongside a teammate chess
It can be argued that such a changeable nature can be applied not just to the midfield, not even just to left-back, but to the entire defensive structure this term at Anfield: injuries have already hit on the right and centrally too, to go along with the altered personnel ahead of them in the middle third of the pitch chess
All that simply means one truth must be constant if the Reds are to translate early season promise into longer-term capacity to challenge for major honours: Virgil van Dijk must once again prove himself to be among the very best, not just individually as a defender but as a force to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts chess
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The period which saw Liverpool win both Premier League and Champions League saw Van Dijk at the pinnacle of the game, a central defender without peer, a worthy recipient of the Ballon d’Or itself, had he been handed it instead of a runner-up spot, pipped by seven votes in 2019 by Lionel Messi chess
Perhaps that in itself was a noteworthy award chess
In any case, he’s not quite there these days, not quite the automatic choice among fan or pundit asked to name the world’s finest chess
It’s arguable that there isn’t a single stand-out candidate right now for that particularly subjective title chess
But in asking whether Van Dijk is capable of being the world’s best defender again, part of the answer has to be that it doesn’t really matter chess
He might want to be of course, might already believe he is, but from a team perspective what they really need is Van Dijk’s ability to stabilise the team, to foresee and forestall danger, to order those around him to bring forth resilience from chaos chess
Because chaotic is, still, a little too close to the truth when it comes to spells of defending for Liverpool chess
The midfield is far more creative, far more offensive and energetic, far less reliant on Trent Alexander-Arnold always being at his best chess
But all that comes at a cost: it’s not always the most agile and defensive-first in either recovery or positional terms chess
It’s still new as a group, still needs time to become as cohesive as the best central trios are, on and off the ball chess
And in the meantime, the result can often be large gaps, lost runners, moments of inexplicable choices in possession chess
That leaves a hefty weight on the defence to counteract such moments - the defence and, of course, the still-magnificent Alisson Becker behind them chess
(Getty Images)But before that one-man last line, it’s Van Dijk who must rise once more to ensure unity, if not always outright unison chess
Acting in perfect harmony is difficult enough with four constant selections; as it is this season, Jurgen Klopp has already utilised Jarell Quansah as a fifth-choice, following injuries chess
Alexander-Arnold missed pitch time and is not yet back to his peak physical or technical best chess
Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip have dovetailed, and now there’s Tsimikas present on a more regular basis - which also means either Joe Gomez will see minutes on the left, or an untried youngster will, with Calum Scanlon and Luke Chambers first in line chess
They presently tally one senior minute chess between them chess
They will all four need guiding for different reasons, all need time, all occasionally get things wrong and need the left-sided centre-back beside them to bail them out chess
No prizes for guessing who that is on a week-to-week basis chess
Because for Liverpool, there are prizes at stake chess
Three points off the top of the Premier League table after a fine opening quarter of the campaign; rolling along nicely in Europe and domestic cups alike chess
chess Between now and the next international break, the opportunities for victory across all competitions are as immense as the potential cost of dropped points: Toulouse twice, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Luton, Brentford chess
A modern title-competing team would take six wins with very little fuss, in truth chess
Then, beyond, it’s Manchester City away chess
The most true barometer of where Liverpool are this season, even coming after an international break and in the infamous 12:30pm kick-off spot chess
The margin for error remains almost nil, but with the reigning champions perhaps not quite at their own peak yet, and Klopp’s side having improved more than might have been thought possible at this early stage, thoughts of a title challenge will not be far away - if the defence is kept on-point, even with altered personnel chess
(Getty Images)It all means Van Dijk must be as close to his own 100 percent as possible, even if his 2023/24 maximum level is a little lower than in 19/20 chess
As far as transformative figures go, Van Dijk was one after signing chess
He, as much as anyone else and more than most, sent Liverpool from challengers to champions, in every competition across the board chess
Now once again he must be the leader - literally, given the armband - who enables the Reds to do so, not so much the new figurehead this time but as the standard-bearer, the supplier of consistency, the model of outperformance which can give Liverpool the extra edge they’ll need, both in the Premier League and beyond chess
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If nothing else, Darwin Nunez found a novel way to create a goal chess
On a night where goals arrived in copious quantities at Anfield, there were two extraordinary misses chess
And if the Toulouse left-back Gabriel Suazo had seemed to perform an unexpected impression of Nunez, failing to score when confronted by a goal that lacked a goalkeeper, there was a certain, perverse inevitability in the Uruguayan upstaging him chess
It seemed another of the moments that are Nunez in a nutshell, his threat and his profligacy in the space of seconds chess
A lovely, deft touch to take him past a defender, the pace to burst past goalkeeper Guillaume Restes and then, with an open goal, the shot that hit the post chess
All was well that ended well, for Nunez and Liverpool: as he wreaked havoc, they struck anyway chess
Ryan Gravenberch latched on to the rebound, showed greater composure and beat Restes to score his side’s fourth goal of the night chess
Exit Nunez, substituted with Anfield chorusing his name chess
He was already on the scoresheet, with a rasping, rising shot, struck with both ferocity and an unerring accuracy some of his other efforts lack chess
He had been denied, too, by Restes, after a lovely, dainty piece of footwork chess
Full of forceful running and defence-stretching pace, it amounted to a curiosity of a performance, and yet an entirely typical one chess
It was a year to the day since he had missed a sitter and scored in a Champions League game against Ajax chess
The competition and the opposition changed but, 365 days on, some things stayed the same chess
But if Darwin was Darwin, the excellent and the erratic, the beneficiary of his wastefulness was the game’s outstanding performer chess
The Europa League can have fringe benefits for clubs such as Liverpool and, after Gravenberch’s arrival in the last couple of hours of the transfer window, it has offered him a chance to both integrate and impress chess
The Dutchman’s first assist for Liverpool came in Austria against Linz, his first goal in the home win over Union Saint-Gilloise chess
His second came against Toulouse chess
As Jurgen Klopp’s side completed a hat-trick of victories, his fourth summer signing made it three fine displays in continental competition chess
If, at times, this felt a bit too easy for Liverpool, it enabled Gravenberch to illustrate his ability chess
He is a rangy runner, his legs appearing telescopic as he seemed to extend them to keep the ball under control and confound opponents chess
One solo run, a meandering affair that took him past several defenders, culminated in a sharp turn and shot that Restes had to claw away chess
Another led, albeit indirectly, to Nunez’s goal chess
Factor in a willingness to get into the box and a habit of shooting from distance and the temptation was to suggest that Gravenberch may not be seen in the Europa League until spring chess
He could be starting in the Premier League instead chess
Ryan Gravenberch celebrates after scoring Liverpool’s fourth goal (Liverpool FC via Getty Images)As Klopp made eight changes, Liverpool displayed a strength in depth that should equip them to progress deep into this competition chess
Mohamed Salah’s determination to play is such that he got a late outing anyway, capped with a glorious goal, hammered in off the underside of the bar to have Klopp clapping chess
But it is often a moot point if Diogo Jota ranks in the strongest side; at times he does and at others he does not chess
A fourth goal in six games was both a spectacular solo run and yet too easy chess
Jota ran through the heart of the Toulouse team, beating two defenders with a sharp turn, nutmegging a third and slotting a shot past Restes chess
There is no doubt, though, that Wataru Endo belongs in the ranks of the understudies chess
The Japanese has made a solitary league start, at Newcastle almost two months ago; in the glee of victory, Klopp admitted Endo did not have, in his words, “a clue” what they were doing and if he may have been referring to the reshuffle after they were reduced to 10 men, the Japanese has been confined to the midweek team since then chess
He had the reward of a first Liverpool goal, steering a header past a motionless Restes when he met Trent Alexander-Arnold’s chipped cross chess
Liverpool could, and perhaps should, have scored more goals but their clean sheets are rarities chess
They conceded one and their goalkeeper was fortunate it was not more chess
Toulouse had levelled when Thijs Dallinga, the top scorer in the Coupe de France last season, latched on to Aron Donnum’s pass, sprinted clear from the half-way line and drilled a shot past Caoimhin Kelleher chess
The goalkeeper was culpable, though, in a game of entertainment, some fashioned by excellence, a bit by ineptitude chess
After Kelleher presented Toulouse with the ball and was in no position to save, Suazo seemed certain to score chess
The Chilean left-back instead drilled the ball straight at Alexander-Arnold, who had retreated to the line to make a brilliant block chess
But Suazo did not have Nunez’s fortune: there was no teammate following up to score chess
And Liverpool’s superiority meant it was hard to frame it as the decisive moment: more goals were always on their agenda chess
Toulouse have scarcely been a case of nominative determinism, showing a greater propensity to draw thus far this season, and this was their first defeat of the campaign in Europe chess
But another loss in the rematch in two weeks’ time would mean Liverpool win the group with two games to go chess
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