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Liverpool captain Henderson insists new-look attack will bring success next season

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson insists their new-look forward line will bring success next season.

Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo have all arrived over the past year, with Diogo Jota also missing for much of this campaign due to injury.

"I think the performances have been a lot better [of late], controlling games a lot more and defending better as a team," Henderson told Sky Sports. "The energy levels look a lot better. Again, there are different reasons for that and we just look a lot more like ourselves with and without the ball. We all know when we are ourselves that we can beat any team that we play. But it's about doing that more on a consistent basis and that is what we need to get back to.

"Things evolve all the time and we've had new players come into that forward line and they are very exciting players. And there are a lot of different things we can use and different personnel that can do different things really. So, yeah, it is really exciting and it's just about putting that together to make it the best version of the team. We have a lot of quality players that can go up front and all of them can score goals, so we need to use that to our advantage next season."

The Reds skipper added: "It's been a bit of a roller coaster for us this season to be honest. We've probably struggled to find consistency for the majority of it. We've had some brilliant days and brilliant games, but just not enough really. And then obviously in the middle of that you've had the World Cup, so it's been a bit of a crazy season, for everyone really.

"But thankfully we've managed to stay together and the last few weeks have been a bit better and we've looked a lot more like us. So hopefully we can finish the season off strong and then carry that into next season.

"I think we've just been working hard on the training field. We're always trying to work and be better all the time and the last few weeks, we've had more time and space in between games to train and to work on different things, which has probably helped us a lot. And then we've picked up a couple of wins and obviously confidence is a little bit higher, then we've got momentum and then all of a sudden, you're on a little bit of a run.

"So I think there are different reasons for that but the good thing is we look a lot more like ourselves and I think there is still a long way to go in terms of improvement for us but the signs are good. Hopefully we can finish these three games off strongly and take that into next season."

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