Liverpool: Trent Alexander-Arnold says 'something's not going right' after Leeds defeat

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Liverpool players dejected aft the Leeds defeat

Trent Alexander-Arnold has said "something's not going right" with Liverpool aft they fell to a 2nd successive Premier League defeat.

Defender Alexander-Arnold said the Reds inactive person self-belief, but said setbacks "potentially marque you second-guess yourself and question things".

"Clearly arsenic a squad something's not going right," helium told Liverpoolfc.com.

"It's not going arsenic good arsenic we privation it to go.

"That's thing for everyone to deliberation about, for everyone to code and marque definite we enactment it right, particularly adjacent week against Spurs, top-four rivals.

"We benignant of request to spell determination and get immoderate points if we've got immoderate accidental of reaching our aims and aspirations for the season."

Crysencio Summerville scored a melodramatic precocious victor astatine Anfield arsenic Leeds won to determination retired of the relegation zone.

Defeat has near Liverpool 8 points adrift of the apical four, with a crippled successful hand, earlier they sojourn third-placed Tottenham successful the league adjacent Sunday.

After that, they person 1 much Premier League fixture, astatine location to Southampton connected 12 November, earlier the contention stops for conscionable implicit six weeks to marque mode for the World Cup successful Qatar.

Jurgen Klopp's broadside person won four, drawn 4 and mislaid 4 truthful acold this play with 16 points. At this signifier successful the past campaign, Liverpool had 25 points and had mislaid conscionable once.

"I deliberation we are not successful the top tally of signifier - I deliberation a batch of players would accidental that astir themselves and arsenic a squad successful general," added Alexander-Arnold, who was replaced by James Milner during the Leeds defeat.

"I deliberation it's important for america to regroup, measure what's going wrong. I deliberation close now, it's benignant of, 'pick up arsenic galore points arsenic you tin present going into this break'.

"And perchance this interruption volition travel astatine a decent clip for america to reset and beryllium capable to get our heads consecutive to spell into the 2nd fractional of the season."

Liverpool person 'massive problems' and are 'being bullied'

Speaking connected Sky Sports, erstwhile Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said Klopp's broadside person "massive problems" to code arsenic they hole to big Napoli successful the Champions League connected Tuesday.

"This isn't a blip for Liverpool; this is simply a superior problem," said Carragher.

"Klopp indispensable beryllium thinking, what other tin I effort now? Different permutations, formations, personnel."

Under Klopp, Liverpool person been renowned for their high-intensity approach, but their erstwhile subordinate and manager Graeme Souness, present a Sky Sports pundit, believes their midfield "just don't person it successful their legs immoderate more".

"Liverpool fundamentally bullied teams before, their midfield bullied teams," said Souness.

"And present they're being bullied. That's making them susceptible astatine the back, and they're not creating the aforesaid chances up front.

"Liverpool are a shadiness [of the squad they utilized to be]."

Speaking connected Match of the Day, erstwhile England skipper Alan Shearer said the fig of chances Leeds had astatine Anfield was indicative of Liverpool's antiaircraft struggles this term.

"I thought it was going to kick-start their play aft their show against Manchester City - you saw the vigor back," said Shearer.

"[But] defensively they've been truthful mediocre and that means everyone crossed the back. There is simply a deficiency of protection, excessively galore errors, excessively galore chances - they're excessively casual to get through.

"I cognize I person said it earlier this play but Liverpool don't fractional look a gait slow."

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