Liverpool are proving what Jurgen Klopp and fans knew all along about Anfield 'problem'

The 2020/21 season will not be fondly remembered by Liverpool supporters or Jurgen Klopp.

Despite salvaging third position in the Premier League courtesy of a unbeaten ten-game run in the final stages of the campaign, this was a campaign devoid of emotion and excitement from start to finish. With no spectators allowed to attend matches due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, soulless stadiums soon became the norm as games of great importance had the feeling of training sessions.

For a club like Liverpool, who have been carried by the crowd in difficult moments in years gone by, there was an immediate feeling that behind-closed-doors contests was likely to have a damaging outcome. In the end, it proved to be the case as a mix of injuries and empty grounds derailed the Reds' season.

Heading into the 2020/21 campaign, Klopp's side had not lost a league fixture on home soil since suffering a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace in April 2017. No matter the approach deployed by the visiting side, there was an air of inevitably their efforts would be in vain.

Burnley became the team to end Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten home league run, though this was only the beginning of an inconceivable six-game losing streak at Anfield. Brighton, Manchester City, Everton, Chelsea and Fulham all followed suit, leaving Klopp's men stuck in eighth place in the table.

Attempting to make sense of this extraordinary slide, at a ground where the Reds are rarely beaten, the Liverpool boss had no doubt in his mind over what had caused such an unexpected shift in fortunes.

"One of the main reasons is there's no crowd in, there's no doubt about that," he told reporters. "A lot of teams have that problem. Apart from that the reason why we