'Something's broken in that team', a World Cup winner's blistering critique of Liverpool

Liverpool's poor form so far has caused a lot of criticism of all kinds from former Liverpool players as well as some others who have had the experience of playing for one of the Premier League's top clubs, with former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Emmanuel Petit speaking out not only about the club but also its players.

Liverpool's draws and defeats so far have prompted Emmanuel Petit to speak to compare.bet. arguing that this group of players look terrible and somewhat neglected, with the French international suggesting that something is even broken in Jurgen Klopp's side. "When you look at Liverpool at the moment, they look so sloppy, so terrible, something is broken in this team," he said.

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So far this campaign, manager Jurgen Klopp has only been able to win in two of the seven games so far in the English league, and while there is still a long way to go, the France international and former Arsenal star believes yet another defeat for the Merseysiders could be almost the culmination of their failure to challenge for the title." This could be Liverpool's last chance to do anything this season, if they lose to Arsenal they will be 14 points behind after nine games. That's a huge gap."

In terms of each sector on the pitch, the former Gunners player saw Sadio Mané's lack of attacking flair and Salah's lack of productivity as far as the memo goes, moving quickly to the midfield where a lack of character and tempo are two serious problems that have yet to be solved, and to top it all off, he pointed to the defence as an accumulation of individual and collective errors. "Salah is a shadow of himself at the moment. The midfield no longer controls the tempo, they don't play with character. And defensively there are individual and collective mistakes that are avoidable."

<strong>Emmanuel Petit strongly criticised Liverpool</strong>

Although things have not been going well at Anfield so far, the numbers in comparison to the competition's leaders are somewhat similar, as Klopp's side remain in the top four in goals scored and in defence they are in the top five, close behind the stats generated by Arsenal and Manchester City who will be their next two Premier League rivals.