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I would start Danny Ward in goal against Huddersfield Town at Anfield on Saturday.

It feels like we’re back to square one goalkeeping wise after last weekend’s defeat at Wembley and right now I’d say that Ward is Jurgen Klopp’s best option.

Ward went to Huddersfield on loan last season and grew as a player. He has got good memories of playing having been a massive part of them winning promotion via the play-offs.

He has shown he can handle pressure so I don’t think the mental side would be a problem for him.

A lot of questions are being asked about the keeping position. We’ve got three senior keepers but who is the ultimate No 1? Neither Simon Mignolet nor Loris Karius have been convincing this season.

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If it’s a toss up between Mignolet and Karius this weekend then I’d stick with Mignolet.

I’m not sure Karius can handle English football. The best thing would be to loan him out so he can play 30 games and gets more experience. Ward has played a lot more games in this country than Karius and knows what to expect.

People talk about the mistakes Bruce Grobbelaar made but I can assure you he didn’t make many. We were never in doubt that he was the right man for the job. There were never any thoughts about needing to get a new No 1.

Defensively, we were all over the place against Tottenham and it’s nothing new. In the summer most fans were saying we desperately needed to strengthen defensively but it didn’t happen.

What is our strongest back four? The chopping and changing doesn’t help. I think against Huddersfield Klopp will try something diferent again.

I’d go with Joe Gomez and Joel Matip at centre-back - fans have lost confidence in the other partnerships.

You have to start afresh, you can’t keep on going down the same road when it’s not working.

In a home game where we’ll do a lot of attacking I’d have Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back, although I wouldn’t be against playing James Milner there. Alberto Moreno is one who escaped real criticism last weekend and I’d keep him on the left.

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I’ve watched Huddersfield a few times this season and they are ‘Klopp Light’. They put a lot of effort in to try to squeeze the ball but they lack real quality and goals.

If you give them something to hold on to then they’re as difficult to play against as anyone in the Premier League. Man United last weekend just couldn’t get through them.

Klopp and David Wagner are good mates and they both view football in the same way - they want sharp, aggressive football with players giving everything. It should be a lively spectacle.

It’s a game Liverpool should win but we’ve said that a few times this season. We’ve got a good run of games with the chance to restore some confidence. We need to rebuild some trust defensively between the players and the fans.

Lovren was obsessed with trying to prove he could handle Harry Kane

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I actually fancied our chances before the game against Spurs. I thought they might be a bit tired after playing in the Bernabeu and they were without a couple of their physical players in Victor Wanyama and Mousa Dembele.

But you don’t give yourself a chance when you defend as poorly as we did from the start. We were so naive.

Against the better teams you need to approach games differently. You need to get men behind the ball and take a look at their plan but we were far too open. Spurs just sat deep, waited until they had won the ball back and then sprung into action. Tactically, they did a job on us.

Obviously, glaring individual errors played a part. Dejan Lovren got a lot of stick but for the first goal both Matip and Mignolet should have done better.

As for the second goal, I don’t think even Lovren could explain that. Mistakes happen but the problem is that Lovren has made a lot of them over the years.

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The walk of shame followed - to be taken off because of how poorly you’re playing is the worst experience in football. It wasn’t even as if Lovren was substituted because we had better on the bench.

Klopp looked at it and decided things weren’t going to improve back there unless he made a change. I think Lovren was obsessed with trying to prove he could handle Harry Kane and took unnecessary risks.

At 2-0 Spurs had a little wobble and we got back into the game through Mo Salah but the third goal right on half-time killed us. Matip failed get a shout from the keeper and his header was very poor.

After Mignolet gifted the fourth goal to Kane, the final half hour was a non-event. Spurs didn’t have anything to prove and Liverpool had given up.

Give Brewster room to breathe

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It’s been a great week for two of Liverpool’s most exciting young players.

Getting Ben Woodburn signed on a five-year deal was smart business. I don’t think anyone is in any doubt about his potential.

When your future is sorted for that length of time, it just takes the pressure off a bit. Woodburn can focus solely on forcing his way into the first team.

At 17, Rhian Brewster is even younger but he’s put his name in lights with back-to-back hat-tricks for England at the Under-17 World Cup in India. What an incredible experience for him.

It creates a buzz when a young player emerges like that, but one thing I’d say is give him room to breathe. Don’t expect him to return and rescue Liverpool’s season.