EXPOSED: Main Reason Liverpool Are Struggling This Season

After the Reds were destroyed 4-1 by Napoli on Wednesday night, Jamie Carragher believes that Liverpool’s poor pressing has been one of the main reasons for their lacklustre start to the season.Information Guide Nigeria

Due to Piotr Zielinski’s brace plus goals from Franck Zambo Anguissa and Giovanni Simeone, the Reds now have a significant uphill battle to overcome in the Champions League.

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After the break, Liverpool’s Luis Diaz responded, but the damage had already been done to Jurgen Klopp’s team, who came dangerously close to an unprecedented quadruple last year.

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Carragher told CBS: “We mentioned that before the game, this is a problem for Liverpool – the high line and that they aren’t actually getting pressure on the ball. The thing for me, right now is that Liverpool play a high-risk game, but they’re not pressing the ball to stop that high-risk game and it’s causing them the problem.

“It’s not a problem with how high the line is, it’s about being compact, being together. But when someone gets time on the ball. So often we say, it’s too easy to get through Liverpool’s midfield. That didn’t happen before, so you could play that high line and be really compact. But if that’s not happening, you have to adapt.”

And he continued: “People may criticise me because this team is so fantastic and this is what they have done, they’ve had great success. But all I am talking about is five yards. I’m not talking about a Liverpool team retreating 10, 15, 20 yards back. What I’m saying is that when the ball is there and you know he’s going to kick it, you are ready to go and as he goes to kick it, you go back. And if he doesn’t kick it, you’ve only gone two yards and then you get back to your line.

“It’s embarrassing, it really is. I said before, it’s kids’ stuff and this is the big problem with Liverpool right now. They’ve built their success on intensity on the ball, which means their opposition can’t get their head up to put the ball over. So your team is always tight and always really compact, always a risk, but you’ve got energy on the ball. That energy is not there now. So that back four has to adapt.JAMB Result

“If they keep playing that [high line] they are going to have a big problem, in terms of the Premier League this season and qualifying for the next round of the Champions League.”

And speaking after the match Klopp appeared to agree with Carragher’s point, with the Reds chief adding: “The high defensive line is not a problem. It becomes a problem if you can’t press well. We weren’t compact, we were never close to the ball carriers.”