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The Liverpool-Klopp one year anniversary: Can you name Klopp’s first XI?

By Tom Bogert

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool instructs his players during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at White Hart Lane on October 17, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool instructs his players during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at White Hart Lane on October 17, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 17: Martin Skrtel of Liverpool and Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at White Hart Lane on October 17, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 17: Martin Skrtel of Liverpool and Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at White Hart Lane on October 17, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill – AMA/Getty Images) /

CB Martin Skrtel

It didn’t take all that long for Skrtel to fall out of favor with Klopp, something that’d be inevitable for years.

Skrtel served Liverpool with great alacrity, but was a generally derisive figure by its end. He was lambasted for mental lapses, positional gaffes and a general impotence against quality attackers.

The warrior wasn’t even able to capitalize on Mamadou Sakho’s suspension by season’s end, with Kolo Toure preferred next to Dejan Lovren, the ultimate slap in the face for Skrtel.

His Liverpudlian fate was confirmed, and off to Turkey he was this summer.

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