Jamie Carragher has explained that a drop in form for several Liverpool players is “normal”.
The ex-Rojo highlighted the fact that many of Jurgen Klopp’s side have been “outstanding” for a number of years despite the Reds experiencing a far from ideal start to the campaign.
The Merseysiders have won just two of their first six Premier League games and several of Klopp’s star men have not been performing optimally.
Liverpool picked up a much-needed victory over Ajax on Tuesday in the Champions League and Carragher has defended some Reds players who have come under fire in recent weeks, explaining that ‘they are only human’.
“You have a team that has been at the top of their game for five or six years and maybe they have slipped a little bit in terms of intensity and that is what the team is built on,” Carragher told the Daily Mail. “The intensity is the identity of that team.
“They have had injuries and three out of four players – who have been fantastic – have not been playing at their best level.
“Maybe Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, maybe Fabinho in midfield, Mo Salah, these players have been out of this world for four or five years and they haven’t been at their best at the start of this season, but that is allowed, it is normal.
“They are only human. We’ve all been there as players.”
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Liverpool won nine points from a possible 18 in the Premier League and lost their first Champions League group stage clash with Napoli 4-1 last week before patching things up against Ajax.
Klopp himself is aware that his team has not started the season as many expected, but it is still early days.
With the likes of Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Diogo Jota in form, the Reds looked much better against the Amsterdam team and the hope is that they can put together a good run of performances when domestic football returns next month after the impending hiatus. international. .
We played every game possible last season and there have been suggestions that players may be feeling the effects of the previous campaign this time around.
He’d like to dismiss those claims considering it’s only September, but fatigue could be a factor right now.
Our trip to Stamford Bridge was postponed this weekend as a result of police problems due to the Queen’s funeral on Monday, so the next time the Reds will be in action is on October 1 when Brighton visit Anfield.
Hopefully our boys can stay fit during the international break and come back next month ready to climb the Premier League ranks.
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