The change of heart that helped Liverpool after their collapse in Italy

Until before that cathartic victory in the second Champions League matchday, the team led by coach Jurgen Klopp could not find the right way to make a group that was plagued by injuries and a very poor performance on the pitch work, and this accumulation of bad luck led to a tough talk that served to stop the team from continuing in the same vein that was bringing them progressively closer to a season full of failures.

After trying everything on and off the pitch, words were the last of the resources Klopp had before his players, with star Reds defender Virgil van Dijk assuring that the team meeting was confrontational in nature, speaking bluntly about everything that was affecting the institution and that was not allowing them to get the results that both the fans and the players were hoping for at the start of the Premier League and Champions League season.

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The German coach's statements openly admitting that his team had to reinvent itself and not continue with this disastrous rhythm of play, were enough to make many think that Jurgen Klopp was possibly going through that curse that leads to decline after seven years in charge of a group, happening to him both at Mainz 05 between 2007 and 2008, as well as at Borussia Dortmund for 2014-2015.

Both van Djik and his team-mates knew that this talk was the limit to which they could go, with the defender admitting that after the coach's words, the players themselves took the initiative to talk to find a solution to the problem that was causing them so much harm, and the effectiveness of these actions was reflected on the pitch as they beat their group opponents in the Champions League on the hour.

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The positive result at Anfield momentarily stopped the avalanche of bad comments and criticisms that were made every day, allowing both Klopp and his players to take a breath of air to continue focusing on getting more favourable results to improve their present in both Premier League and Champions League, with still some time to reverse and forget the bitter pill they had to swallow for a few weeks.