Liverpool hope Thiago return will give them a creative cutting edge in 2021

Midfielder Thiago Alcantara offers Liverpool hope of more creativity for 2021 (Peter Powell/PA)

Midfielder Thiago Alcantara offers Liverpool renewed hope for 2021 as the world-class creative game-changer which Jurgen Klopp’s side have looked like they needed recently.

In their last two matches the Reds have scored just once in draws against strugglers West Brom and Newcastle, although the result at St James’ Park owed just as much to a lack of clinical finishing.