Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has criticized the Reds’ show towards Brentford, claiming that Jurgen Klopp’s aspect now reminds him of Arsene Wenger’s struggling Arsenal.
The Merseysiders traveled to the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium for his or her Premier League conflict with Brentford on Monday, 2 January. The 19-time English champions have been approach under their finest towards the Bees, succumbing to an embarrassing 3-1 defeat. It was Brentford’s first win over Liverpool since 1938.
Carragher was disenchanted together with his former crew’s efficiency on Monday evening and took to Twitter to share his ideas. He said that Klopp’s present crew reminded him of Wenger’s Arsenal, who couldn’t deal with the opposition’s aggression. The Englishman wrote:
“I’ve not been watching a Klopp crew for lots of this season, it’s a crew now that can’t deal with the depth of the opposition.
“It jogs my memory of WENGER’s Arsenal, going from a robust & pacy crew to a technical one. Defensively it’s a shambles.”
Arsenal gained the Premier League twice in Wenger’s 22-year reign. Within the final couple of seasons of his tenure (2016-17, 2017-18), Arsenal had a tough time matching the opposition’s depth. They performed eye-catching soccer however completed out of the highest 4 in each seasons (fifth in 2016-17 and sixth in 2017-18).
Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk undergo as Liverpool fall to shock 3-1 defeat at Brentford
Liverpool’s centre-back pairing Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk each suffered because the Reds succumbed to a 3-1 defeat away from residence. Konate scored an personal objective whereas Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbuemo every scored a objective to fireside Brentford to a historic win. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored the Merseysiders’ solely objective.
Konate was accountable for two of Brentford’s three objectives on Monday. Within the nineteenth minute, he didn’t get his leg out of the way in which of Mbuemo’s nook. The ball took a deflection off him and deceived Alisson. Once more within the 84th minute, Mbuemo breezed previous him contained in the Reds’ field, fully outmuscling him earlier than making use of a tidy end.
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Van Dijk, then again, misplaced in a footrace to Mbuemo within the 18th minute, however his blushes have been saved by Alisson’s decisive retaining. The Liverpool no. 4 regarded like a shadow of his assured self and struggled to offer sufficient cowl for his teammates. Klopp hooked the Netherlands worldwide off at half-time, probably on account of muscle overload.
The defeat leaves Liverpool in sixth place within the Premier League standings, 15 factors adrift of league leaders Arsenal.