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Jamie Carragher has explained the biggest problem with Liverpool’s decision to play on high defensive lines.
The Premier League champions suffered a surprising 7-2 loss to Aston Villa, the toughest of Jurgen Klopp’s reign.
Ollie Watkins scored a hat-trick passing the top line for the Reds, part of the “gegenpress” that saw them win the title by 33 points last year.
And the former defender explained how he became his biggest weakness at Villa Park.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Carragher said: “No. Not really [can’t explain it]. I was almost laughing. I could not believe what I was seeing.
“You really don’t associate this with this Liverpool team. It’s an impressive result and performance. Hands down worst under Jurgen Klopp, hands down.
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“It seemed very early that Liverpool did not start this game well. In the first minutes there was danger for them and it was interesting to hear Ollie Watkins say that they were working on Liverpool’s top line.
“For me, even though Liverpool have a good defensive record, I don’t like them trying to catch teams offside. I don’t agree. Being a defender and having played that position, this team plays much higher up. “. They almost sacrifice a great opportunity per game with the opponent going on goal.
“When someone hits your press in midfield and it’s not far behind your back four, you have to prepare to come back.
“And I couldn’t believe Virgil van Dijk in the back was really saying ‘listen guys it’s game over, it’s 5-2, let’s back off. Let’s not make this worse.’ And it got worse.” .
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“They were lucky it wasn’t eight or nine. You think about the opportunities Barkley had in the first half, Ollie Watkins hit the bar in the second half.
“Listen, you can’t be too critical of what this team has done and with Jurgen Klopp, it was one of those crazy results that happened.
“But I think you go back to the first game, conceding goals. You started conceding goals on the restart at the end of last season, we left it because we had already won the championship, so I think in the next two weeks we come back to the Merseyside Derby. .
“Great game, Everton is the best in the league and I think you can really look at that and wonder if it’s a phenomenon or more of a trend that has been going on in the last 10-15 games.”
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Reds legend Graeme Souness did not hold back anything in his criticism of Klopp’s players.
He said: “Liverpool were horrible. For me, Liverpool in the last two years have intimidated the teams and been aggressive. Tonight things changed.
“I think [Douglas] Luiz, [John] McGinn and [Ross] Barkley led the midfield. This is a night that Aston Villa fans will not forget. “
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