The defensive crises of Liverpool arose from a lack of stability and authority in the back four that makes them vulnerable to conceding goals from set pieces.
That’s the view of former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy, who made 246 appearances for the club over seven seasons.
“You can’t build up relationships with players alongside you when you change the players all the time,”
Murphy told The Straits Times in Singapore where he was promoting a masters’ football tournament.
“The goalkeeper’s changing, centre-halves are changing, [Nathaniel] Clyne’s been injured so all those things mean it’s difficult to get an understanding and stability.”
Murphy is also less than convinced by Jurgen Klopp’s zonal-marking system.
“The goalkeeper needs to organise those around him, you need somebody in the back four commanding, leading the others — and that’s been a problem,” he said.
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