I’m sick of seeing it, not just with Liverpool, right throughout the Premier League, what centre-backs do in this situation… It’s lazy defending, or it’s a tactical instruction I don’t like. Konate has to come across, and Van Dijk then takes the position of Konate. You fill the space, and then this guy here, Harry Wilson, won’t run into the space. I’m sick of seeing it all the time, lazy defending from centre-backs. Not just Liverpool, right throughout the Premier League. Harry Wilson does not make that run if Konate’s across and Van Dijk’s across. Whether that’s come tactically from the manager, or they just want to sit in their armchairs in the middle of the pitch and let midfield players do their running for them.”
🗣️ “I don’t think he (Kerkez) should be playing every week. You’ve got too good a player in Andy Robertson who needs to play games as well. You’d probably say Andy Robertson’s performances have been better than Kerkez’s. He’s found it tough, it’s been a struggle for him. He’s a young man, but he will have to improve in the second half of the season, there’s no doubt about that.
🗣️ “It’s funny watching him [Kerkez] play. I always remember speaking about Trent Alexander-Arnold, who Liverpool have missed enormously of course, and said it’s like having Kevin De Bruyne at right-back. Sometimes when you watch Kerkez, it’s like having Darwin Nunez at left-back, it’s just a bit mad. There’s no real thought process, what’s he doing with the ball, how’s he connecting with other players, it’s just head down, run. He never gets his head up and actually plays passes. He’s got to im
prove.”
