Liverpool will NOT win the Premier League title with Lucas at centre-back and Loris Karius in goal, insists Reds legend Jamie Carragher
Reds legend reckons his former side has a long way to go before they can get their hands on that long-awaited, top-flight title
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LIVERPOOL will not win the Premier League this season, according to club legend Jamie Carragher.
The Kop legend, 38, reckons Jurgen Klopp's Reds falling to a 4-3 defeat despite being 3-1 up away to Bournemouth on Sunday is proof that some things need to change before they can lift that long-awaited trophy.
Speaking on Monday Night Football for Sky Sports, Carragher said that, as is often the case, Liverpool's defensive ranks are to blame, picking out Loris Karius and Lucas Leiva.
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Carra said: "[When opponents get back in the game] Panic seems to set in. Liverpool seem to go through this a lot.
";The goalkeeper there has got to do an awful lot more but it comes from players not making the right decision.
"People keep talking about Liverpool's defensive problems. The back four - maybe Lucas as your third choice centre back - is probably not enough if you want to go and win the title."
Interestingly, Klopp opted for Lucas over out-and-out centre-back Ragnar Klavan for the game, but Carragher reckons there is no need to worry about their defence in the long run.
He added: "I don't think Liverpool have got a poor defence or are poor defensively.
"We were critical of Karius after the game. If you've got a poor defence your keeper is getting worked.
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"But he's not making many saves, that tells me Liverpool haven't got a poor defence. The goalkeeper is not having to do anything.
"The reason I was critical of him yesterday is that you can't expect your team to press for 90 minutes, there will be games when people make mistakes.
"And there was two games where he got asked questions. One was Swansea, and he struggled, and he was lucky that day.
"He didn't get the luck [against Bournemouth]. That's why we were critical, because he got asked questions and he never answered them.
"But its still early days for his Liverpool career, I'm not saying he's finished by any stretch of the imagination but over the next 12-18 months that has got to improve."