It won’t be possible for Jamie Carragher’s former team to win the league until they add a defensive midfielder and defender.
Luis Diaz’s late equalizer against Luton Town helped Liverpool from embarrassing themselves.
Ten minutes earlier, Tahith Chong gave the home team the lead, driving the supporters into a frenzy as they dared to hope for an upset.
Despite their late goal, Jurgen Klopp’s team will see the match as a loss rather than a win as they fight to maintain their lead over the leaders.
In a few weeks, the Reds take on Manchester City, the defending champions, and a win is imperative if they are to win the league this year.
However, Jamie Carragher doesn’t think they can—at least not until they add a second defender and a defensive midfielder.
“Liverpool still aren’t as good as Man City at stopping counter-attacks,” Carragher said on Sky Sports.
“Liverpool are a team who dominate possession, they have a lot of the ball, but they’re not quite as good as Man City off the ball so there are more turnovers and they lose the ball.
“Opponents do seem to find spaces a lot more to and attack and get in behind Liverpool. Luton didn’t have the quality to really punish them, except for the goal we saw.
“Liverpool in midfield are improved from what we saw last season, but they still haven’t got a top holding midfielder.
“(Alexis) MacAllister isn’t a top holding midfielder. He’s good on the ball in terms of receiving, but defensively, he finds it really tough and he lacks a bit of pace for that position.
“In the back four, Liverpool could do with not so much a player for a specific position, but just a great defender who can almost play in a couple of positions.”
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