Fabinho admits Liverpool are still searching for a solution to their dip in Premier League form
Manchester City can temporarily take top spot in the Premier League after Liverpool stuttered to consecutive draws
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool midfielder Fabinho has admitted the club are still searching for a solution to their recent dip in form.
After limping to 1-1 draw at the London Stadium against West Ham on Monday evening, Jurgen Klopp’s side are now just three points clear of Manchester City, who can go top with a win against Everton tomorrow.
“We have confidence,” the 25-year-old told ESPN. “We enjoyed a brilliant December, which was almost perfect, but now we have had this dip.
“It is difficult to explain why this has happened. I believe that now teams who play against us sit very deep. We need to do things a little differently and maybe we aren’t doing this – we are unable to find the spaces.
“Often, we want to go through the middle and it is difficult against physically strong and defensive teams. We need to find solutions and in these past few games we haven’t.”
Having missed the first eight Premier League games of the season, Fabinho has become a mainstay in Jurgen Klopp’s side and starred over the winter period which saw the Reds surge into a commanding lead at the top of the table.
However, after suffering a shock defeat to Wolves in the FA Cup third round and now successive draws – to Leicester and West Ham – at a crucial stage in the title race, questions have been raised as to whether Klopp’s side can handle the pressure.
“We want to play better every day and unfortunately it is not happening,” Fabinho continued. “We know our quality and we know that we can give more.
“If we do it, with our quality, we will continue at the top. But I’m talking and talking is always a little easier, so we have to try to put it into practice. Personally, I am not worried. But we know that in the next game we have to give much more.
“Beating Bournemouth is important to continue with a three-point gap at the top of the table. Now we only look at the next game and that is against Bournemouth.
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