Captain Jordan Henderson believes Liverpool have to use the variety of goalscoring options they have available to their advantage next season. The return to fitness of Luis Diaz in recent weeks, combined with the presence of Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota, and Cody Gakpo, means manager Jurgen Klopp has five of his six first-choice forwards at his disposal (the departing Roberto Firmino is injured). This has contributed to an upturn in form which has seen Liverpool win six successive matches and push them into contention for the top four, sitting just a point behind Manchester United having played one match more.
Henderson expects Liverpool to be vastly improved next season if this quintet can remain fit. “Things evolve all the time and we’ve had new players come into that forward line and they are very exciting players,” the midfielder told Sky Sports. “There are a lot of different things we can use and different personnel that can do different things really. We have a lot of quality players that can go up front and all of them can score goals, so we need to use that to our advantage next season.”
Henderson acknowledged that this season has been a roller coaster for Liverpool, but noted that they are starting to look more like themselves again. “The good thing is we look a lot more like ourselves and I think there is still a long way to go in terms of improvement for us but the signs are good. Hopefully we can finish these three games off strongly and take that into next season.”