Liverpool have been prone to a bout of the January blues during Jurgen Klopp’s reign.



It is the time of year when injuries seem to stack up, fatigue takes its toll and form dips after the gruelling demands of the festive schedule.



Rewind to Klopp’s first winter in English football and Liverpool won only three of their nine matches in all competitions in January 2016, taking four points out of a possible 12 in the league.



A year later they kicked off 2017 with only one victory in nine matches. With Sadio Mane away at the Africa Cup of Nations, Liverpool wilted without their most potent attacking weapon as they were knocked out of both domestic cups and collected only three points from four league games.



Klopp, who had been used to a mid-season break during his time in the Bundesliga, learnt valuable lessons about the need to rotate more and placed a greater emphasis on recovery rather than training during such energy-sapping...