Goal drought ‘no problem’

Liverpool – Roberto Firmino will seek to end a rare goal drought when Liverpool take on Leicester today, although his manager Juergen Klopp has no concerns about a drop-off in productivity.

The Brazilian international has formed one of the most feared forward lines in European football over the past 12 months with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

And the 26-year-old, signed for £29 million from Hoffenheim three years ago, has continued his excellent form in Liverpool’s 100% start to the campaign – three victories and three clean sheets.

Yet despite scoring 27 times for last season, Firmino (above) is still looking for his first goal of the new campaign even though Liverpool are the early Premier League pacesetters.

The forward has not scored in eight games for Klopp’s side and in the Premier League has one goal in his past 10 appearances, a run that dates back to March.

But Firmino’s selfless running has been singled out as one of the reasons Salah looks capable of continuing the prodigious production of last season, when he scored 44 times for Klopp in all competitions.

Along with his mobility, Firmino’s eye for a killer pass has not been dulled by his exertions in Russia.

His superbly timed pass against Brighton last week played in Salah, who scored the game’s only goal as Liverpool moved to the top of the Premier League table for the first time in nearly two years.

Klopp has stressed that Liverpool need to improve despite the 1-0 win, and the German must decide whether to name an unchanged starting line-up for the fourth consecutive game at the King Power Stadium today.

Central defender Dejan Lovren, a World Cup finalist, is pushing for a return, although the impressive form of youngster Joe Gomez may mean the Croatian faces another afternoon on the bench at Leicester.

With Liverpool’s front three selecting themselves, Klopp has to decide on his midfield line-up – England’s Jordan Henderson has been unable to secure a starting place so far.

Liverpool’s defence, boosted by the arrival of goalkeeper Alisson, has yet to concede a goal.

After two weeks’ preparation and a holiday he is much sharper and fitter.

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