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This time last year, Liverpool were in the midst of a disastrous run of form.

The Reds had just lost by a combined score of 7-2 against Manchester City and Leicester City, and a 2-0 defeat to Everton at Anfield was set to be next on the agenda.

Liverpool's season was dismantled on the back of mounting injuries in their centre-back department, with Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip picking up long-term issues and forcing Jurgen Klopp to tamper with the make-up of his 4-3-3 system.

Fabinho and Jordan Henderson were deployed as central defenders, before Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams began to feature on a regular basis for the Reds later in the campaign.

"We lost our full defence, and it felt like we broke our leg," said Klopp. "You can limp but then we had midfielders transformed to defenders. Then the spine was broke, and then it's difficult to move."

Liverpool were condemned for opting