Alan Shearer has heavily criticised one Liverpool player following the defeat to Wolves - and singled out four others.
Liverpool suffered a miserable 3-0 reverse at Molineux in the Premier League clash on Saturday afternoon. It was the third consecutive away league loss for the struggling Reds, whose unbeaten run in the top flight now stands at four matches.
An early own goal from Joel Matip opened the scoring for Wolves, before a Craig Dawson header saw Jurgen Klopp's side go 2-0 down inside the first 12 minutes. Ruben Neves rounded off the scoring in the second half.
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Liverpool are now in 10th place in the table and are 11 points adrift of the top-four spots. Next up in the is the Merseyside derby against Everton at Anfield a week on Monday.
After the match, Shearer analysed the Reds' sorry showing on Match of the Day. The former Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers and England striker was critical of Matip’s performance, in particular, as well as highlighting moments from four other Reds players during the dreadful defeat.
“You have time to pick your pass, no pressure on the ball, it’s too easy,” said Shearer. “(Joe) Gomez is out of position.
“Look at Matip, you have time to pick your pass and put it in behind. Matip stops. I mean, he is on his way over there to close them and he stops. I don’t know what he’s doing. He had a nightmare.
“Then, all of a sudden (Wolves goal the first goal) and it’s a little bit unlucky with that (the own goal). But again, one simple pass out. They have gone past the three midfielders. You are in the back four, into the final third, causing them problems.
“This is the second goal, ball in. No closing down. Why doesn’t (Andy) Robertson close them down?! Which he should do. Why doesn’t (Naby) Keita close them down?! “Then, you can take a touch and put the ball in the middle and you get punished. 2-0 down after 11 or 12 minutes.”
“Matip, again. Not acceptable. Not good enough,” added Shearer. “That should be in the back of the net (Nunes’ chance).
“When the ball goes through (for Wolves’ third goal), the reaction or lack of reaction from Thiago when he’s chasing Neves. He can see Neves, but he doesn’t even try to stop him. It’s a brilliant goal from Wolves.”
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