Jamie Carragher wonders if it’s the end of a cycle at Liverpool after their 4-1 defeat in the Champions League at the hands of Napoli. He described the defense during the game as embarrassing. Liverpool conceded three goals in the first half hour to suffer their heaviest defeat in the competition. In the league, the Merseyside club has won just two of their opening six games.
“The problem tonight is not that game. Forget this game. For me, the big worry is, ‘is this almost something that’s going to carry on through the season?” Jamie Carragher said talking about Liverpool. “Is this the end of a cycle? Has Liverpool massively got the transfer ideas in the summer wrong? Because this team looks so far off it. It has been at full pelt for five or six years under Jurgen Klopp. Of the seven games Liverpool has played this season, they have conceded the first goal in five of them. They are not starting games well. So, I’m not going to criticize their attitude because what this team has done – certainly in Europe, in the Premier League, the Barcelona game, coming back – the mentality is fantastic.”
“Is this a massive drop-off physically because of what has happened over the five or six years, the way they have played, how intense they’ve been?” he added. “Can this team get it back? That’s the worry for me, not tonight. What is going to happen with the future of this team and this season? This is still only the fourth game Liverpool has lost in 2022, which shows how consistent they have been, but it’s the performances more than the results, actually, that are worrying me right now. The interesting thing for me right now is that Liverpool plays a high-risk game, but they are not actually pressing the ball to stop the high-risk game and causing themselves a problem.”
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