The forward line wins games for Liverpool with frequency
The battle will be won and lost in the center as Jurgen Klopp looks to land his first domestic cup in England
Francis Boakye 
It has been ten years since Liverpool won the League Cup, a trophy which they once held what seemed permanent possession of in the 80s. But Jurgen Klopp will be hoping to overcome memories of a far more recent final: 2016, just over four months after he joined the club, and a penalty shoot-out defeat to Manchester City.
The German boss has built a habit of overcoming initial disappointments since arriving at Anfield; he took the club to the 2018 Champions League final, lost it, sang about winning it the next year, and then did so. A similar story unfolded in Premier League terms, runners-up in 2019 by a single point before winning in 2020. Now he has the chance to right the wrongs of his first final with the club.
At the time, the Reds were just starting to show the hallmarks of that first iteration of Klopp’s Liverpool: energetic pressing, some fantastic attacking phases in-game,s and Roberto Firmino as a crucial, central cog to it all. Times have changed and so has the team; the modern Liverpool is better at both of the former two traits, Firmino is higher upfield and not always in the team - won’t be this weekend either, through injury - and the emphasis of play is far more on control than chaos.
