{"id":296377,"date":"2023-11-05T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=296377"},"modified":"2023-11-05T21:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T21:24:33","slug":"carragher-insists-liverpool-are-not-ready-to-win-premier-league-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/carragher-insists-liverpool-are-not-ready-to-win-premier-league-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Carragher insists Liverpool are not ready to win Premier League title"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Liverpool &#8216;are NOT ready to win the Premier League&#8217;, insists Jamie Carragher &#8211; as Reds legend believes Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side can&#8217;t challenge for the title until they sign a &#8216;top holding midfielder and a top-class defender&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jamie Carragher feels Liverpool aren&#8217;t yet ready to challenge for the title\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carragher says that Liverpool need to strengthen in both midfield and defence\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jamie Carragher has insisted that Liverpool can&#8217;t challenge for the Premier League title until they bring in a defensive midfielder and another defender.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side have enjoyed an encouraging start to the season and are currently in third place in the Premier League, three points behind leaders Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>However, Liverpool drew 1-1 away to Luton on Sunday in a game which club legend Carragher feels emphasised some of their shortcomings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carragher stated that it is still too easy for teams to launch counter-attacks against Liverpool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sky Sports, Carragher said: &#8216;What Liverpool have had in the last 18 months, they&#8217;re a lot better at it this season, they&#8217;re still not as good as Manchester City at stopping counter-attacks. People always think about Liverpool pressing from the front, but Liverpool are a team who dominate possession, have a lot of the ball. They&#8217;re not quite as good as City in possession so there&#8217;s more turnovers when they lose the ball.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/20\/77431895-0-image-a-10_1699215756793.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Carragher believes Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s Liverpool can&#8217;t yet challenge for the title<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/20\/77431877-0-image-a-9_1699215707647.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carragher stated that Liverpool need to sign a defender and a defensive midfielder<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Opponents seem to find spaces a lot more to get in behind and attack Liverpool. Luton didn&#8217;t have the quality to really punish them except for the goal that we saw.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alexis Mac Allister, who joined Liverpool from Brighton, has been operating as a holding midfielder for much of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Although Carragher believes Mac Allister is a talented player, he stressed that the 24-year-old isn&#8217;t suited to playing in such a deep position.<\/p>\n<p>Carragher claimed that Mac Allisiter struggles defensively at times and pointed out that Liverpool need to strengthen in that area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Liverpool in midfield are a lot improved than we saw last season but they still haven&#8217;t got a top holding midfield player. Mac Allister &#8216;s not a holding midfield player. He&#8217;s good on the ball in terms of receiving but defensively he finds it really tough and lacks a bit of pace for that position, so I still think they can improve there.<\/p>\n<p>Carragher also claimed that Liverpool need to bring in another defender, perhaps a right-back who would allow Trent Alexander-Arnold to move into midfield at times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I think in the back four Liverpool could do with not so much a player for a specific position but almost just a great defender who can play a couple of positions. They went with Gomez today at left-back instead of Tsimikas, they thought he&#8217;d be stronger defensively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I still think Liverpool could do with another player in that position, probably on the other side at right-back and maybe release Trent at different times maybe into midfield, against certain opposition you play someone there who&#8217;s maybe stronger and tougher defensively.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/20\/77431929-0-image-a-11_1699215841746.jpg\" height=\"462\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carragher says that Alexis Mac Allister isn&#8217;t suited to playing as a defensive midfielder<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/20\/77431987-0-image-a-12_1699215932827.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carragher suggested Liverpool could sign a defender and move Trent Alexander-Arnold into midfield<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think Liverpool are not ready to win the league, I think Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool supporters know that right now. They want to get back in the top four but in terms of challenging again I think they need another midfield player and a top class defender.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool face Toulouse away in the Europa League on Thursday before returning to league action at home to Brentford three days later.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12713257\/Jamie-Carragher-insists-Liverpool-not-ready-win-Premier-League-title-Jurgen-Klopp-signs-defensive-midfielder-quality-defender.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool &#8216;are NOT ready to win the Premier League&#8217;, insists Jamie Carragher &#8211; 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