Former Liverpool defender, Jamie Carragher has claimed the team needs a holding midfielder and a top defender to challenge for Premier League title again.
Carragher was speaking on Sky Sports after the Reds salvaged a 1-1 draw at Luton Town on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s men have now failed to win any of their last four away games against newly-promoted teams.
“Liverpool still aren’t as good as Man City at stopping counter-attacks,” Carragher said.
“Liverpool are a team who dominate possession, they have a lot of the ball, but they’re not quite as good as Man City off the ball so there are more turnovers and they lose the ball.
“Opponents do seem to find spaces a lot more to and attack and get in behind Liverpool. Luton didn’t have the quality to really punish them, except for the goal we saw.
“Liverpool in midfield are improved from what we saw last season, but they still haven’t got a top holding midfielder.
“(Alexis) MacAllister isn’t a top holding midfielder. He’s good on the ball in terms of receiving, but defensively, he finds it really tough and he lacks a bit of pace for that position.
“In the back four, Liverpool could do with not so much a player for a specific position, but just a great defender who can almost play in a couple of positions.
“They went with (Joe) Gomez [on Sunday] at left-back because they thought he would be stronger defensively. I think Liverpool could do with a player in that position on the other side at right-back and maybe release Trent (Alexander-Arnold) into midfield.
“Liverpool are not ready to win the league. Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool supporters know that right now.
“They want to get back into the top four. In terms of challenging again, I think they need a holding midfielder and a top-class defender.”
