Williams is better on the ball and his distribution is much better, so I think that is why Klopp is playing him, both Williams and Phillips are not fast enough to deal with the Utd forwards, though I think Williams is faster watching him play, but allot of people, say they have similar speed.

I was surprised Phillips did not play against Burnley, you would expect that would have been the perfect game for him, with 2 big physical Burnley forwards having the ball lumped up to them, he would have been heading it away and blocking it all day, like the goal we conceded he would have probably headed it clear, instead Klopp plays Hendo??? I do not get some of our selections ATM, we need to play to the players strengths while we have so many injuries.

What it shows us is neither of them are likely to make it as first team regulars for Liverpool, speed and movement is essential for a PL CB now's.

Hendo played CB against Burnley? Wasn't it Matip and Fabinho?

Williams and Phillips are emergency one match cover players only. If we were selling them at the start of the season they would have been way below the £10m we got for Hoever. But we should have played both of them v Burnley or Man United to let Fabinho play midfield.

That is where we are suffering. Our midfield holds everything together and without certain players in their best positions we are finding TAA, Robbo and the front 3 really out of sorts. We can carry one or two through a couple of games but we cannot carry 3, 4 or 5 players off form.

For what it's worth Shaqiri, Origi and Ox have not exactly set the world alight given their chance.