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Coutinho gone, no Fekir: How Liverpool's title hopes could fall apart without a goalscoring midfielder

The Reds' formidable front three may struggle to replicate the heroics of last season and are in need of support from those behind them

Joint-top of the Premier League heading into the second international break of the campaign, on paper Liverpool’s season is progressing just as their fans would have hoped.

There is, however, a potential cloud on the horizon and, unthinkably really given last season's heroics, it concerns a relative lack of cohesion from the Reds' front three.

Last season Mohamed Salah (32), Roberto Firmino (15) and Sadio Mane (10) accounted for 68% of Liverpool's league goals, as well as adding a barely credible 30 between them in the Champions League (more goals than 74 of the other 76 Champions League campaigns by English clubs).