Liverpool’s 2–1 defeat to Chelsea last week marked their second straight Premier League loss and exposed familiar defensive weaknesses that have worried Jamie Carragher all season.
The former defender argued that the Reds are playing ‘like a basketball team’ — too open, end-to-end and far too easy to play through.
Carragher said the problem has persisted even in wins, pointing out that the team often concedes soft goals after taking the lead.
While Arne Slot praised his side’s attacking intent and insisted results were decided by ‘fine margins’, Carragher believes the issue is structural rather than unlucky.
He told Sky Sports: “My criticism of Liverpool being almost like a basketball team, again it has come back to haunt them.
“This thing about it being end to end in a game of football, Liverpool should be dominating a game like this with the changes of personnel Chelsea have got.
“I expressed that [concerns] to the manager early on, he’ll know that a lot better than me. He is obviously a fantastic manager.
“But right now Liverpool went from, I would call them a top team, workmanlike team last season and they have sprinkled a little bit of star dust on it terms of the transfers that they have brought in.
“And they haven’t gained anything going forward but they have lost a lot defensively.”
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