Originally Posted by
Insidious
Also think it was down to the injuries up front. Imagine Gakpo isn't here and we end up using Salah and Núñez over and over and over with little to no rotation, then one gets injured while Firmino/Jota/Diaz are out - let's say Darwin the one to be injured.
You'd be left with just Salah as a "proper" forward that is ready at this level to start constantly and his form hasn't been brilliant. The side would have no goals in it for a number of weeks and thus no chance of finishing 4th.
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