EPL: Carragher Raises The Alarm, Says Liverpool ‘In Crisis’
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher, has expressed concern over the team’s current form, warning that recent performances could signal a crisis at Anfield.
According to Sky Sports on Monday, the ex-Liverpool defender said, “Losing four games in a row for Brentford would be a disaster. To see the champions do it with the expenditure in the summer means we’re in a crisis time for Liverpool right now.
“There will be a lot of serious questions asked in the dressing room between the players and the coaching staff and the people above the manager. When they’ve looked at what they’ve spent, they’ll be looking for a lot more.”
Carragher highlighted the team’s defensive shortcomings, suggesting that Liverpool lack physicality and height in key areas.
“Liverpool have to look at the physicality and height within their team because, right now, I don’t think they have enough,” he stressed.
On his part, ex-Man United defender Gary Neville said Arne Slot’s Liverpool reminds him a bit of the old Man Utd team.
“We went through mad periods where we always looked capable of scoring, but we were all over the place. One thing you can guarantee with Salah, Ekitike, Wirtz, Isak, Gakpo, and others, they will score goals. But the others are responsible for being solid and not open all the time, and exposed. It sounds like starting from scratch, but sometimes you have to do that. When everything is crazy and chaotic, which it is for Liverpool right now, you just have to find a strong foundation.
“That means put players in there that can keep a narrow back four, prevent spaces, win duels, win set-pieces, and not give easy goals away. Play it forward a bit quicker than you have been and stop popping it through midfield. Be a bit more direct, knowing that the front three will win you games.
“Maybe it’s time for Arne Slot to simplify things. If he keeps playing Kerkez at left-back and Bradley at right-back and they are exposed in midfield, they will keep on getting the same results,” Neville said.