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EXCLUSIVE with Graeme Bailey Liverpool have been rock solid at the back this season, with the Reds defence keeping four clean sheets in six Premier League games. A huge reason for Liverpool’s new-found steeliness has been a welcome return to form for Ibrahima Konate. Konate struggled at the back end of last season, leading to suggestions that continuing injury problems had left their mark on the Frenchman. With Arne Slot preferring Jarell Quansah for Liverpool’s opening game of the season, there were question marks over whether Konate would be suited to the Dutchman’s style of play. But the 25…

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