Liverpool are going nowhere fast insists Roy Keane

Liverpool are rubbish. That’s basically the view of former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane who was working as a pundit for ITV last night.

Despite securing a 3-0 home win over Maribor in the Champions League, the Republic of Ireland assistant manager says he wouldn’t watch Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool play if they turned out in his back garden.

Keane said: “It’s hard to figure out Liverpool at the moment. I think, it’s hard to get excited about them.

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“To me, they are going nowhere fast. Again, they’re neat and tidy, but defensively… come the end of the season when the prizes are being given out, Liverpool will be nowhere near them because at the back there are question marks about the goalkeeper … the defenders. I don’t have too much to say about Liverpool.

“There’s not too much to say about Liverpool. I think if Liverpool were playing out in my back garden, I wouldn’t watch them.

“They’re just drifting. Drifting nowhere.”

He added: “It’s easier said than done about getting defensive players in because the market’s pretty small for top quality defenders.

“We saw Man City go out and get some fullbacks for £50m or £60m and maybe Liverpool aren’t at that level.

“They need more than one defensive signing. They’re not going to get it in January and probably not next summer because they couldn’t do it last summer.

“They’ve had a good night but they’ve played nobody tonight.

“The bigger picture for Liverpool going forward … they are well behind the other teams.”

 

Keane isn’t the only pundit who thinks Liverpool aren’t all that. Former Arsenal defender Lee Dixon also chimed in.

He said: “They are a team without any defensive mentality. It’s okay to blame the back four but it’s not about that, it’s about where they lose the ball. They had this high press which seems to have deserted them at times. If you get through the first press, they have nothing behind that.

“Their balance is all wrong and their goalkeeper has let them down at times.

“If you compare them to Tottenham [two years ago], where would they be now? Should they be closer to Tottenham? You would say yes but they’re not because Tottenham have a mentality that’s balanced. They have a good defence and that’s not the case for Liverpool.

“If you put van Dijk in that back four it makes it marginally better. It’s the mentality of the team and how they go about winning the ball back when they break that first press.

“What players will make the difference?”