Liverpool produced a poor performance at Manchester United last weekend, arguably finding themselves fortunate to pick up a point.
Adam Lallana’s late equaliser earned the Reds a 1-1 draw, but for large periods, their bitter rivals nullified them.
Although Jurgen Klopp’s side remain top of the Premier League, former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey has a few concerns.
In an interview with the Sunday Express, Heskey believes United found a “real weakness” in the Reds’ play, exploiting the space behind full-back pair Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson:
The thing is, Manchester United were uncovering a real weakness in Liverpool, which shows how to play against them.
I don’t think they freeze at Old Trafford, I just think you’ve got to give Man United their due credit. They set up correctly, they stuck to the game-plan and it worked.
Everyone knows that when you play against Liverpool there’s going to be a lot of space in behind the full-backs and they exploited that, and that’s exactly where the goal came from.
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Heskey is fair in his assessment, but Klopp is unlikely to be losing too much sleep over the display at Old Trafford.
Liverpool simply suffered an off-day and United upped their game – it is something that will happen from time to time.
Alexander-Arnold and Robertson’s natural attacking tendencies means space will be left behind in their areas of the pitch, but it is only natural, given the Reds’ style of play.
