Liverpool need to be taking a tough stance with Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho during their injury crisis, says John Barnes, with the Reds legend calling on fully fit stars to ignore those stuck on the treatment table.
Back in the 1980s, when those at Anfield were the team to beat in English football, focus was forever locked on the present and future. Those who were unable to help out on the field were cast out of sight and mind until such time as they were ready to come back into contention.
Barnes wants to see a similar mindset adopted in the present, with Jurgen Klopp seeing an untimely run of knocks leave him seriously depleted in defence.