Liverpool suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium with Ibrahima Konate in particular coming under fire for his performance
Jamie Carragher has had his say on Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate
Jamie Carragher has had his say on Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate
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Jamie Carragher has slammed Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate following their 3-0 thrashing by Manchester City. The Frenchman endured a nightmare afternoon at the Etihad Stadium as his blunders contributed to a spot-kick and Erling Haaland's opening goal.
The Reds languish in eighth place in the Premier League table as Arne Slot's team suffered their fifth league loss of the campaign, with their title challenge fizzling out after dropping further points behind Arsenal and Manchester City.
Liverpool head into the international break trailing the likes of Chelsea, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Manchester United ahead of welcoming Nottingham Forest following the break.
Konate has come under fire already this season for several of his displays, particularly from Carragher regarding his showings so far this term. However, the former defender has once more taken aim at the centre-half for his part in City's breakthrough.
Haaland opened the scoring after Konate's attempted clearance ricocheted off the Norwegian before sailing over Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Carragher believes the 26-year-old is battling for confidence on the road as he bemoaned the defender's choice not to deal with the threat.
"I just want to look at this match up in the middle between Konate and Haaland. Konate was heavily involved in the penalty again, he's having a really tough time and it feels like we're saying it week after week," he said.
Ibrahima Konate of Liverpool
Ibrahima Konate of Liverpool(Image: GSI/Icon Sport via Getty Images)
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"It's a bit of luck for Man City because Haaland doesn't know much about it. Look at Haaland's jump compared to Konate, he's trying to flick the ball on and as a defender, that's a last resort.
"He's not even off the ground and he's trying to flick it on, go and get as high as you can and head that ball away. I don't understand at all what he's trying to do. Konate, again, when Liverpool concede a goal or a problem, he is at the heart of it.
"He's got a big problem away from home, which is when you need your centre backs, your centre backs need to play well to get results and too many times he's gone missing."
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