Michael Owen criticised Fabinho, Naby Keita and Harvey Elliott after his former club Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw by Crystal Palace.
Despite hitting the woodwork twice at Selhurst Park, an absence of quality in the final third meant Jurgen Klopp's side failed to make it a hat-trick of consecutive Premier League wins. They did, however, still move above Brighton and into seventh place.
The clean sheet will have acted as a much-needed confidence booster, too, after Tuesday night's defensive disaster in the 5-2 Champions League hammering by Real Madrid.