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Feb 2024
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Van Dijk's error, Darwin's growing influ...

THE ATHLETIC
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James Pearce and Simon Hughes are alongside Tony Evans to pick the bones out of Liverpool's defeat to Arsenal and assess the damage to the Reds' Premier League title hopes.

Moving on the panel assess a few of the key selection decisions include the choice to start both Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch while Darwin Nunez was left on the bench, despite his growing importance to Jurgen Klopp's side.

Plus ahead of Saturday's visit to Burnley the panel debate the impact of injury to both Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai before discussing the new Anfield Road End with it set to bring the Anfield attendance to over 60,000 for the first time.

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