Arsenal legend Paul Merson gives brutal assessment of Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool after they were thrashed by Wolves

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp has run out of ideas after the loss to Wolves.

That is according to Paul Merson, who issued a brutal assessment of the Reds' performance following their 3-0 loss to Julen Lopetegui's side at Molineux.

The Midlanders took the lead after just five minutes thanks to an own goal from Joel Matip.

Craig Dawson doubled Wolves' lead just seven minutes later and Ruben Neves sealed the hosts' triumph on 71 minutes.

That makes it only one win out of the last seven matches across all competitions for Liverpool, who also count four losses.

Merson insists Klopp's current squad is "a million miles off" last season's team that almost won an unprecedented quadruple.

The Arsenal legend also believes the German tactician may have to make an important decision about his future as he is struggling to turn things around.

Merson told : "First time I’ve seen Klopp just sitting there…

"I don’t like the word 'lost', he’s not lost but I don’t think he knows what else to do now.

"I think he’s watching this time and it is a million miles off where they were last year, a million miles.

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“I think he’ll wait until the Champions League, I think he’ll wait for the Real Madrid game.

"If he gets a couple of players fit such as [Virgil] Van Dijk then it’s a different game if they go and beat Real Madrid over two legs.

“Watching this I don’t see them doing that. Without Van Dijk, [Joel] Matip and [Joe] Gomez don’t look the same players without him.

"The full-backs have lost their way and the midfield’s getting overrun.

“You’re looking at players who were consistently 8 or 9/10 last year who are now consistently 4 or 5/10 now.”