Liverpool legend Steve Nicol claims his former side’s biggest weakness was clear for everyone to see in Saturday’s win over West Ham. Liverpool scraped to a 1-0 win at Anfield to keep the pressure on Manchester City at the top. But Nicol believes defensive uncertainty could end up being the “downfall” for Jurgen Klopp’s side.
Liverpool moved within three points of City at the top of the table ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday.
The Reds have now won seven Premier League matches in a row.
But the victory over David Moyes’ was arguably one of the toughest.
West Ham wasted a number of clear-cut chances to draw level after Sadio Mane’s early opener.
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“And sometimes that’s just the way it goes and it’s all about getting away with it, and they did. So they move on.
“But the next three or four games before they play City, the starting XI are going to have to get this backline sorted out because it’s going to be their downfall if that ends up happening.”
Nicol says Liverpool’s win didn’t change anything in the title race despite closing the gap on City.
“It changes nothing, today changes nothing,” he added.
“We should have done it differently but there were different counter-attacks,” Klopp said.
“The first goal they nearly scored when Trent [Alexander-Arnold] cleared the situation with a long leg, that was really bad defending, we have to admit that.
“No pressure on the ball in midfield, no close last line and too high so both centre-halves were surprised by Fornals’ run and Trent was just not close enough.
“That we could sort it in the end was for different reasons.”
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