The Merseyside Reds could be in for a depressing end to an already faltering top-flight campaign should Jurgen Klopp fail to revitalise his under-fire squad, claims Manchester United icon Gary Neville while speaking on his Sky Sports Podcast.
Liverpool FC have endured a four-game-long losing run in Premier League football as the latest defeat came at the hands of city foes Everton, with the Toffees walking away with their first victory at Anfield since 1999 over the last weekend courtesy of goals on either side of the half.
Klopp’s men face the drastic possibility of losing out on Champions League football for the next season amid their recent dip in form taking the likes of Chelsea and West Ham United past the Reds in the top-flight ladder and Neville reckons the reigning champions have it in themselves to turn around their recent fortunes but Klopp is key to that happening.
‘It’s starting to get a little bit worrying in the sense we know they have got injuries, we know they have not got fans in the stadium, we know about Covid and there a lot of games, but it’s the same for everybody,’ said Neville.
‘But it’s the lack of change. A different idea. They just look beaten, almost like zombies on the pitch. Walking around thinking the same thing.
‘Maybe it needs something different from Klopp? He has been quite simply unchallengeable and still is at Liverpool but even he might be thinking now: “do I have to do something different?”
‘It’s not for me to advise Liverpool or Klopp what to do but playing a box to protect your centre-backs or maybe going to three at the back. We have seen other teams go to that system.
‘But it looks to me they need a new idea just to give them a spark or it could be a really depressing season for them where they do not qualify for the Champions League, although I still think they will.
A misfiring run of performances on all fronts for the Reds has been coupled with a seemingly never-ending injury list at Anfield as skipper Jordan Henderson joined the recovery table register following Saturday’s showdown at Anfield.
