Bradley Barcola has two things stopping him from exploding at Liverpool and fans have spotted them already

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Question marks had started to form around Barcola after his first six games for the Reds drew zero goal contributions, but he has now turned that around in emphatic fashion.Nevertheless, it would be wrong to declare that the doubts over the £123m signing have completely disappeared, with supporters on TalkingPoints still wanting to see improvements from Barcola in terms of his finishing and the regularity with which he takes on his full-back. Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz have both made an impact in the last two Liverpool games!

Have noticed it in every gameJoin the conversation → Barcola’s finishing is cause for concern It could be that Barcola does not yet feel confident enough to take on Premier League full-backs, or maybe he is feeling his way into proceedings a little more slowly, but it is unfortunately not the only issue in his game at Liverpool so far. A bigger concern, and the second thing really holding him back from becoming elite, remains the France international’s finishing, and after he racked up an xG of 0.84 without scoring against Brentford on Saturday, fans have really started to notice.Andoni Iraola defending Barcola’s missed chances after the 2-1 win, claiming that he was simply happy to see him getting into so many good positions.

Think he’s actually more talented than Sadio Mane… so he could be anything 👏Join the conversation → Liverpool fans think Wirtz and Barcola can help each other TalkingPoints users were also asked for their thoughts on Florian Wirtz, after the German also had a better week, picking up a pair of assists across the two matches. It seems that Wirtz’s improvement over the last two matches has done little to change the narrative around him, while Barcola, although seen more favourably, really needs to beat defenders more often – or at least try to – and finish off his chances before he is seen as being worth the price Liverpool paid to get him.