Tammy Abraham’s penalty<\/a> to secure victory over Chelsea in the Super Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBut against Southampton, his glaring error put the recent recruit into the spotlight for the wrong reasons – and it was not Adrian’s first mistake of the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the game goalless, his attempted clearance following Virgil van Dijk’s backpass struck James Ward-Prowse but fortunately spun out of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Adrian had a swollen ankle and we played too many balls back to him in that period,” said Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The other players have to then feel more the responsibility for the build-up and cannot give all the balls back to him and hope the pain killers still help or whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I don’t think the goal was because of that, but a few other balls were. He is completely good with his feet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the plus side, Adrian then reacted smartly to make one of the saves of the game as he kept out Yoshida’s close-range header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alisson’s presence – alongside that of Van Dijk – brought a calmness to the Liverpool defence last season and since the Brazil keeper’s injury, Klopp’s side have looked vulnerable at the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Norwich scored at Anfield, Chelsea got two in the Super Cup – and could have had more – while on numerous occasions there was alarm in the Reds’ defence against Southampton, who were wasteful in punishing the visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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