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Jamie Carragher has already ignored Andy Robertson's important advice about Florian Wirtz at Liverpool
Jamie Carragher has already ignored Andy Robertson's important advice about Florian Wirtz at Liverpool
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Andoni Iraola urged to start Liverpool youngster in the Champions League on Wednesday in 'obvious' change
Freddie Ljungberg claims one Liverpool player had his best game in years against Man City, 'he was phenomenal'
Freddie Ljungberg claims one Liverpool player had his best game in years against Man City, 'he was phenomenal'
Gary Neville calls Bradley Barcola out for what he did during Liverpool 0-3 Man City, 'cannot continue'
Gary Neville calls Bradley Barcola out for what he did during Liverpool 0-3 Man City, 'cannot continue'
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READ MORE: Jamie Carragher says there was still one ‘big bright spark’ for Liverpool despite Man City hammering
“It doesn’t matter who it is, it could be the best right back in the world he’s playing against, by the way, but certainly when you’re playing against Manchester City, and you get that one or two moments, I don’t know why he rejected the one-on-one and going directly at Nunes and driving him back into the box and just trying to give him a little bit of a problem.
“That that would just concern me and that can’t continue,” added the former Man United defender. “He’s got to make sure he comes out of that. I have to say, Giggsy [Ryan Giggs] used to say this to me. He said, ‘I’ll run at you literally 55, 60 times in training, you’ll take it off me 53, 54 times. But the one time I go, I’ll score.’ And that’s it. You’re done. Your session’s ruined. And that’s the mentality of a winger that will go at someone 10 times in a game, and you might take it off them nine times, but the one time you go past them, you’re done and you’ve had a bad game as a fullback.
“I just didn’t feel like Barcola had that in the game today, and I’m surprised because I would have thought that his youth, his energy, his exuberance, his talent would have just really given him the ability to go and do that, and I don’t know why he didn’t have that today. That was the one surprise for me.
“He can correct that very quickly. He’s got games in midweek, but don’t let that drift into two games, three games, four games, eight games. He’s got to correct it. He’s got to be really direct and keep the confidence of going at defenders one-on-one.”
Up against an, in theory, much weaker opposition in LASK on Wednesday, hopefully we can see Barcola return to being the confident, direct player we all saw at PSG. For now, just like with Wirtz, the big move to Liverpool seemed to have sapped his powers.