Now that the season is nearly over there's a few things that we can look back on and see why things panned out.
Bajcetic & Thiago - did anyone think last August that we would get absolutely nothing from them all season? I didn't, and that combined with Fabinho and Henderson leaving abruptly means it was a miracle we are here at all especially since the remaining MF'ers have all had injuries at some point too AND been overplayed when they are available (Macca)
Gravenberch - likewise I thought we would get more but despite occasional glimpses, he really hasn't contributed and that has made the load on our 4 primary MF's even worse. I think Klopp has completely given up on him for the remainder and it will be down to the next manager to decide if he has a future here
TAA & Robbo long term injuries - we've never missed one of them before for such an extended period, never mind both and at overlapping times (and with Tsimikas too at one point). Bradley was an incredible stroke of luck that stopped it being even worse together with the fortune that Gomez has been available and rock-solid in any position all season
Alisson injury - Kelleher is a great nbr 2 for an occasional game in the cups (as good as any nbr 2 in the league) but no backup keeper by definition is good enough to play the amount of top-priority games he has, and it has cost us
Matip - he would 100% have racked up more minutes than Konate this season if not for his ACL. Konate's form has been very mixed all season. Quanseh was another stroke of good fortune that saved us from worse and have us where we are. And VVD being back to his very best was not something everyone predicted either
Jota injury - the timing of this could have been worse since he carried us through the AFCON, but it was still a massive blow and at this point it looks like basically the rest of his season is about getting his form and fitness back and he won't be a major asset
Salah - he's dropped off a cliff with his first major injury since joining us, no other way to put it. To the extent where it's a major questionmark about extending him
Diaz/Gakpo - Diaz especially has looked good a lot of the time, and he has scored a few crucial goals, but ultimately these two aren't getting enough numbers
Nunez - still on the fence. His numbers are reasonable, and some days he looks the best forward in the world, but he literally should have double the amount of goals and only so much of that can be down to bad luck.