Liverpool defender Joe Gomez deserves huge praise for recent renaissance

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The Liverpool machine keeps on rolling, and in recent weeks they’ve looked even more unstoppable.

The Reds are on course to win this season’s Premier League and a first league title for 30 years.

Jurgen Klopp’s men are still yet to lose a game in the competition, only dropping points in a draw against Manchester United back in October.

Lately, Liverpool have actually gone up a gear, with their defence standing much firmer compared to the beginning of the season.

From the beginning of the season to the Everton game on December 4, Liverpool remarkably managed just two league clean sheets.

Since that game, they’ve recorded nine clean sheets out of a possible 10.

One key factor in the defensive turnaround has been the return to form of Joe Gomez, who deserves major credit for his patience.

TBR’s view – Gomez deserves all the praise he gets

This time last year, Gomez was spending his time nursing a leg fracture.

His absence from the team prompted the rebirth of Joel Matip, who was utterly brilliant for Liverpool through to the end of the 2018/19 season alongside Virgil van Dijk.

The £100,000-a-week Cameroonian (Spotrac) started the 2019/20 season where he left off, until a knee injury sustained in October allowed Gomez the chance to reclaim his place having had an extended period on the Liverpool bench.

And the England international has taken his opportunity with both hands – and he needed to, given the outstanding form of Matip.

What’s more, the incident with Raheem Sterling on England duty, and the subsequent booing by some fans might have had a negative effect on the player, but his response has been first-class.