Ibrahima Konate addresses Liverpool failure and makes strong claim over future - 'this is my point'

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SportFootballLiverpool FCIbrahima Konate has been talking about a difficult season for Liverpool as reigning Premier League championsIbrahima Konate believes Liverpool's struggles this season are an inevitable consequence of attempting to build another team for success at Anfield.The Reds have endured a difficult defence of the Premier League title they won in emphatic fashion last year and face a battle to ensure Champions League qualification over the remaining seven games of the campaign.Liverpool were compelled to undergo an extensive squad overhaul during the summer given the departure of five first-team squad regulars and the tragic death of Diogo Jota.Many of the seven major arrivals that formed part of the record-breaking £450million outlay have subsequently struggled with either long-term injuries or adapting to playing in English football.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! "People are going to say we bring in new players, (but) many things happened like we lost a player when we started the season.

Many things happened to us this season."What people will have to understand, and this is my point, before we won the league last season, we had just built the team to win the Premier League at that moment. This is what I have said to many players, we just have to be relaxed as this is part of the success."We bring new players, we will adapt, we will try to work and understand each other all together, and at a point in time we will win trophies and we will have success."Speaking to ESPN FC, Konate added: "When we win the league or the Champions League, people will forget every bad season we had.

We won the league last season but two seasons before that we were (qualified) in the Europa League. This is just part of the success."We have to be relaxed because we have amazing fans and we have to stay together and the success will come, for sure.