Farkon wasan Andoni Iraola a matsayin babban kocin Liverpool ya ƙare da coci 2-2 tare da Newcastle United a St James' Park — kuma ya bayyana matsalar tsari da ta kasance tana addabar kulob din fiye da shekara guda.

An ceci sakamakon, amma abin da ya bayyana bai kasance sabo ba. Tsakiyar filin Liverpool na ci gaba da kasancewa cikin haɗari ta fuskar tsari, ƙungiyar tana buɗewa sosai ga hare-haren da suka dawo, kuma siyan Florian Wirtz da fam miliyan 116 bai tabbatar da daraja a rawar tsakiya ba har yanzu.

Tsakiyar filin ba tare da mai sarrafa wasa ba

Rashin ɗan wasan tsakiyar filin mai hankalin tsaro ya kasance babbar matsala a Anfield tun Fabinho ya tafi a 2023. A lokacin rani na waccan shekara, Liverpool sun yi ƙoƙarin sanya Moises Caicedo da Romeo Lavia ba tare da nasara ba kafin su kawo Wataru Endo a cikin matakin ƙarshe na mamaki.

Kamar yadda tsohon manajan Jurgen Klopp ya gaya wa Endo a ranar farko a cibiyar horar da 'yan wasa: "We need you — your heart, your legs, your football ability, your football brain, your desire. We need it." Bayan shekaru uku, buƙatar ta ci gaba da kasancewa.

Tsohon ɗan wasan Liverpool Daniel Sturridge ya faɗi a sarari bayan coci tare da Newcastle: "We've been talking about a defensive midfielder at Liverpool for the last three years." Ya kuma lura cewa uku na tsakiya a halin yanzu — Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai, da Wirtz — dukkansu 'yan wasan kai hari ne ta halitta, ba ɗaya daga cikinsu ke da hankalin tsaro na Fabinho ko Rodri ba.

Waɗannan sunaye biyu suna da muhimmanci. Pepijn Lijnders, tsohon mataimakin Klopp a Liverpool, ya kwatanta Fabinho da "hasumiya" saboda iyawarsa ta tsara wasa da kare gabanin gaba. A halin da ake ciki, duk wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila ya shaida yadda Rodri ya kasance ginshiƙin mulkin Manchester City — wanda ke sa sha'awar magoya bayan Liverpool don samun kasancewar irin wannan ta zama mai ma'ana gaba ɗaya.

Matsalar Wirtz

Abin da ya ƙara haɗakar matsalar shine rawar da aka ba Wirtz. Iraola ya tabbatar yana son ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Germany ya buga a matsayin lamba 10, yana ci gaba da hanyar da Arne Slot ya kafa. Duk da haka, mafi kyawun wasanin Wirtz — ga Bayer Leverkusen da Germany — ya zo daga ɓangaren hagu na uku na kai hari, yana yanke zuwa tsakiya da 'yanci. A lokacin da ya buga a tsakiya a Newcastle, an maye gurbinsa bayan awa ɗaya kuma bai nuna mafi kyawun kansa ba.

Canjin tsarin tsakiyar filin daga "1-2" zuwa "2-1" — 'yan wasan tsakiyar filin biyu a gefe da gefe maimakon mai rike da gaba — ya kuma canza rawar Ryan Gravenberch sosai. Mafi kyawun zamaninsa ya zo lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin lamba 6 mai ƙarin horo a cikin kakar farko ta Slot. A tsarin sabon, an rasa wannan madogara.

Mafita da Iraola dole ya samu da sauri

Alexis Mac Allister na iya kasancewa zaɓin Liverpool mafi kusa ga rawar mai sarrafa tsakiyar filin. Rabin awansa a Newcastle ya nuna yana aiki da ƙarin hankalin tsaro fiye da Gravenberch, kuma ya yi irin wannan rawar ga Argentina. Amma ba wasan sa na asali ba ne, kuma amfani da shi a can ya zama sulhu kawai.

Daga cikin sunaye masu alaƙa da Liverpool, Mamadou Sangare ya yi ban sha'awa a wasansa na farko da Brentford a kan Tottenham Hotspur kuma an ruwaito cewa kulob din na sa ido a kansa — amma ba a samu canja wuri ba. Martin Zubimendi, mataimakin Rodri na Spain kuma yanzu yana Arsenal a ƙarƙashin Mikel Arteta, wani burin da ya kasa cimma. Adam Wharton, wanda aka bi tun zamaninsa a Blackburn, har yanzu yana da alaƙa da canja wurin Anfield na gaba.

A halin yanzu, majiyoyi sun nuna cewa fitattun mutane a cikin Liverpool ba su yi imani cewa matsayin mai tsaron tsakiya yana buƙatar saka hannun jari na gaggawa a wannan taga ba — ra'ayi wanda ƙan masu lura daga waje ke raba shi. Iraola kansa ya yarda bayan wasan Newcastle cewa gyarawa gaba ɗaya ta ƙungiya ya zama dole: "We have to adapt as a team to these situations," kamar yadda ya ce.

Kawo 'yan wasan gefuna sababbi na iya ƙara kaifin barazanar kai hari na Liverpool, amma ba zai warware rashin daidaiton tsari a zuciyar tsakiyar filinsu ba. Har sai an cike wannan giɓi — ko ta hanyar siyan 'yan wasa ko sabunta dabaru — rauni na tsaro na Liverpool zai ci gaba da kasancewa a sarari.