Liverpool great John Aldridge has lamented Liverpool’s errors at the back which has let down Jurgen Klopp’s side in recent games.
The Merseysiders suffered their first defeat of the new season on Sunday against West Ham United with David Moyes’ men clinching a 3-2 win over the visitors to the London Stadium.
West Ham put three goals past the Liverpool backline which consisted of Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip with shot-stopper Alisson Becker also coming under the scanner following his error leading to the opening goal for the home side.
Defensive frailties have been on the show for the Liverpool fans as of late with the likes of Brentford and Manchester City pushing the Reds back in games held earlier in this league campaign.
In his column for The Liverpool Echo, Anfield icon John Aldridge admitted that Jurgen Klopp’s side have struggled recently on the defensive front and the Liverpool boss Klopp will hope to rectify what has gone wrong for his players.
“I think we’ve been hinting at a loss like this in the last month or so, what with the goals we’re conceding.
“It’s chalk and cheese from beating Manchester United. That happens sometimes when you have a great result, you do take your eye off the ball a little bit.
“Days go against you and West Ham was one of those. But you can’t have them all the time.
“It started off against AC Milan, when they briefly turned the game around, Brentford and even Man City coming back twice. The game against Brighton last week was another one.
“I love the team and I love the way they play but you can’t keep conceding goals how we’re doing. We’re gifting goals, we really are, and that’s not the team that we are used to seeing the last couple of years.
“We do now and again, they’re only human and makes mistakes in certain games, but it’s happening a bit too regularly now. You want to be getting clean sheets.
“I know Carra’s said about the high line, which is part of our game and what the manager likes. It is dangerous but when it’s effective, it’s brilliant. I don’t know, I really don’t know. Jurgen’s going to know about it, because that’s the way we play, but we’re making too many errors defensively.”
