Alan Shearer issues blunt Liverpool verdict with message to Virgil van Dijk

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"If Liverpool continue to play like they did against Manchester City, then they won't win anything," Shearer told Betfair. "They've got the FA Cup and the Champions League, but I do think the league's gone for them now they've lost five games.

I think they would probably have to win every single game between now and the end of the season. "It's the Champions League or the FA Cup for Liverpool, but they won't be winning any of those unless they improve anyway.

They've got problems." Rooney singled out Van Dijk and Salah for criticism before the former confronted him about that following Liverpool's win over Real Madrid. They were really, really poor, so I think the pundits are well within their rights to have a pop." Liverpool.com says: It's hard to disagree on the Reds being out of the title race.