Liverpool fans react to Jordan Henderson's performance against Red Bull Salzburg

Liverpool escaped a huge scare against Red Bull Salzburg in the second match of the Champions League group stage last night.

The Reds came away 4-3 winners, but contrived to throw away a 3-0 half time lead within just 15 second half minutes before Mo Salah eventually won the match.

It was a return to the leaky defensive days of Jurgen Klopp’s early days, when Liverpool were a side capable of scoring at will against almost any opponent but also liable to ship too many goals too.

A rusty Joe Gomez and a slightly off-colour Virgil van Dijk did not cover themselves in glory, but many Reds supporters were keen to point out the below-par performance of captain Jordan Henderson.

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Many supporters felt that the £140,000-a-week (Spotrac) skipper was a major factor in Liverpool failing to control the second half and that the situation only improved when he was replaced.

In truth, Henderson has become a fairly predictable scapegoat on underwhelming Liverpool nights – which are few and far between these days – and he did some good work in the build up to Andy Robertson’s goal, the second of the night.

The former Sunderland man likely deserves a bit more respect and faith from the fanbase a matter of months after he lifted the Champions League above his head in Madrid, but it wasn’t especially forthcoming last night…

https://twitter.com/Fitzie77/status/1179609834158616577?s=20

Henderson let runners run in behind him all night and kept giving the ball away. I’ve never seen him play so bad. Hendo, Gini and VVD look knackered to me. Gomez wasn’t great but he’s had 1 match in a month. He wasn’t match sharp. Salzburg number 9 was some player aswell btw.#lfc
— Mike Warburton (@wobblykopite) October 2, 2019

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The defensive issues we encountered tonight were in the main caused by Henderson and to a lesser extent Gini not tracking back, at all, albeit it seemed like Joe was shaking off the rust.
Salzburg were fantastic but we will improve. No question. #LFC
— Sweet Brother Numsay (@DaddyTheNinja) October 2, 2019

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What the hell was Henderson doing giving them the ball like a headless ant for a second.#LFC #UCL
— م (@MysticUltima) October 2, 2019

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#LIVSAL this was one of our worst performance in #ucl under klopp, Gomez & Henderson were abysmal today,vvd was just an ordinary defender and the all team was the #lfc of 2016/2017 that can't defend
— MY LAND IS KENYA🇰🇪 (@FG_jayson) October 2, 2019

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Gomez, Henderson and Wijnaldum had a poor game today. Understand Gomez lacking game time and looked bit rusty. His positioning was awful sometimes. But very unlike both Gini and Hendo having off days together. #LIVSAL #UCL #LFC
— Random Walk (@Sumwitter) October 2, 2019

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https://twitter.com/A_Evans6/status/1179500950136016898?s=20

Havent seen Liverpool defend so badly for probably a year, Gomez and Van Dijk is not working. Matip needs to return to CB, much more solid. As for our midfield, Henderson and Wijnaldum a shambles, he has OX and Keita and dosent use them, a win and 3 points was vital tonight #lfc
— Ahmet Gocer (@AhmetGocer2) October 2, 2019

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https://twitter.com/rgbevan71/status/1179499249438003201?s=20

We have survived.
POOR POOR SECOND HALF!
Henderson needs to be benched for some time.#LFC #LIVSAL
— ☥ 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕰𝖌𝖞𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖓 𝕶𝖔𝖕 ☥ (@TheEgyptianKop) October 2, 2019

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Joe Gomez not being game ready s a massive issue, but the #LFC midfield has been disconnected and a massive issue for as long as can be remembered.
Henderson-Fabinho-Gini isn’t near enough.
Keita HAS to become a consistent factor soon enough.
— Lucas (@GalleyGreenwood) October 2, 2019

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